The report said that Egypt successfully dealt with COVID-19 on two tracks, the first is health recuperation through taking measures necessary for fighting the pandemic while the second represented economic and social recovery, a matter that helped the state to overcome the challenges including unemployment.

The report indicated the unemployment rate went down to 7.3 percent from July to September 2020 compared to 9.6 percent from April to June in 2020 when the Coronavirus crisis reached a peak.

According to the report, the number of jobless persons decreased 19 percent in the third quarter of 2020 where 2.06 million jobless persons were recorded compared to 2.57 million in the second quarter of the same year.

It added unemployment among males reached 5.8 percent in the third quarter of 2020 compared to 8.5 percent in the second quarter of the same year.

The report indicated that unemployment among females reached 15.2 percent in the third quarter of 2020 compared to 16.2 percent in the second quarter of the same year.

The report attributed the reduction of unemployment rate to carrying out about 9,000 new development and service projects, as well as opening airports and tourist resorts.