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MADRID (Reuters) – The number of unemployed registered in Spain increased in August when new coronavirus outbreaks and restrictions imposed through other countries began to wreak havoc after months of timid recovery following an initial closure.
The number of other unemployed people increased to 0.79% in August, raising the national total to 3.80 million and ending a positive trend that began in May when Spain began to emerge from one of The strictest coronavirus locks in Europe.
The Balearic Islands, heavily dependent on tourism, were the most affected region, registering a 3% increase in unemployment.
The speed of job creation in Spain stalled in August, with only 6,822 more people on formal employment contracts and contributing to social security that month, in the face of 161,000 in July, he said on Wednesday.Minister of Social Security.
Overall, Spain had about 740,000 more unemployed in August than in the same month of the previous year.The blockade caused by the coronavirus wiped out some 900,000 jobs in March alone.
After the closure of the three-month blockade at the end of June, the Spanish economy gradually recovered in July, however, new coronavirus outbreaks and restrictions imposed through various European countries devastated the very important tourist season.
Spending on unemployment benefits fell to 3.2 billion euros in July, according to the latest data.
“Travel restrictions imposed through European countries have had an effect on unemployment data,” Employment Secretary Joaquín Pérez Rey said at a press conference, with almost all new unemployed focused on the facility sector.
The number of enrolled in Spain’s ERTE licensing program fell 27% to 812,438 in August.
Since the shutdown ended in June, Spain has noted a sharp resurgence in cases, measures have calmed down and massive testing has begun, and the number of infections is now near the peak in March. Spain now stands at 470,973, the highest number in Europe, with 29,152 deaths.
(Reporting through Maria Gonsalves and Belen Carreño; edition through Inti Landauro and Gareth Jones)