Nearly 70 pct of workforce back to work as of May 17 - Tengku Zafrul

Some 10.25 million people, or 67.2 percent of the workforce, had returned to work as of May 17, up from 6.64 million people or 43.6 percent a week earlier (May 10), said Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz.

Citing data from the Statistics Department, he said these figures took into account those working from home and covered various economic sectors such as services, agriculture, manufacturing, and mining and quarrying.