The companies providing the services of electric energy, gas by networks and running water, fixed or mobile telephony and internet and cable tv, by radioelectric or satellite link, will not be able to provide the suspension or the cutting of the respective users services the users…

Foreign subscribers of South Korea’s national health insurance are eligible for premium assistance in a COVID-19 bailout, the state health care service said Saturday. From July 16, 2019, foreign residents staying over six months are required to enroll in the national health insurance plan.…

HIS is offering a 50% reduction temporary reduciton (2 months from March to May 2020) in health insurance contributions for the bottom 50% insurance payment profile based on the amount of contribution paid in the special disaster areas (e.g., Daegu, etc.) or for the bottom 20% insurance payment…

NHIS provides quarantine authorities with information regarding the possibility of underlying health conditions for patients infected with COVID-19 to enable efficient treatment. If COVID-19 is confirmed, patients are classified and treated based on severity of symptoms and presence of…

President Donald Trump signed multiple executive actions that create a payroll tax holiday for those making less than $100,000 annually. The employee portion of the payroll tax would be deferred from Aug. 1 through the end of the year.

The 7% tax on employee income covers the Medicare…

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday announced a financial assistance of Rs. 5,000 to ‘108’ ambulance drivers and emergency medical technicians involved in the fight against COVID-19.

Trump on Saturday signed a memorandum that provides $400 a week for additional unemployment insurance benefits -- down from the $600 benefit that expired July 31.

The federal government will pay 75%. Supposedly,the states will come up with money to fund the remainder.

Dehradun: Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat announced Rs 2,000 encouragement allowance for ASHA facilitators. An ASHA facilitator is expected to be a mentor,guide and counselor to the ASHA workers and also monitor their progress,the CM said.

An accredited social health activist (ASHA…

Trichy district,India. The folk artists have welcomed state government’s decision to provide Rs 1,000 as Covid-19 relief to them. According to data,a total of 1,999 artists have been registered with the welfare board of folk artists.

A $17 million relief fund to support youth-led businesses and associations to mitigate the effects of Covid-19 on their operations has been set up by Government.

Beneficiaries are set to receive between $3 000 and $5 000 each.

Priority would be given to youth organisations…

The government launched on Thursday an online cash relief system aimed at speeding up the distribution of financial aid amid the coronavirus crisis.

Low-income families from areas under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) are expected to receive ₱5,000 to ₱8,000 worth of assistance under…

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday launched a new government project to spend $25 million a month to support IDPoor households affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic. The program will facilitate cash transfers to households identified by the government as part of the Identification of Poor…

Government has unveiled a $10 million Covid-19 Relief Fund for artists that have been affected by the devastating global pandemic.

Individual artists will pocket $5 000 each while registered organisations and social organisations in the sector will get $7 500 if they meet the criteria…

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) said if a policyholder tests positive for covid-19 and is admitted into a makeshift hospital on the advice of a medical practitioner or government authorities,then notwithstanding the definition of hospital mentioned in the…

The new allowances,ranging between Sh5,000 and Sh20,000 for different cadres of health workers including doctors,nurses,laboratory technicians were to be paid for three months from April 1. The medics had threatened to down tools if they do not get the allowances in July.

Doctors,…

Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey announced a new relief program for small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Small Business Lease - Emergency Assistance Grant Program (SBL-EAGP) will allow businesses in 64 eligible municipalities to apply for grants of up to $10,000 for…

Families of the people who succumbed to COVID-19 will be provided Rs 1 Lakh from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund on behalf of the government.

The city of Pittsburg has received funding through the federal Community Development Block Grant-Coronavirus program to help local businesses affected by the pandemic.

To be eligible for a grant,entities must be a for-profit business and must retain jobs for low- to moderate-income…

The Maldivian government has begun disbursing the frontline allowance introduced for workers on the frontlines of the battle to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

The payment is for all workers who have worked on the frontlines since March 7,when the coronavirus outbreak began,…

The cash transfer "Ingreso Solidario" will be extended to employees with COVID-19. Formal employees (with a contract with a company) that must isolate or become incapacitated to work due to a suspicion or diagnosis of having coronavirus will be able to receive a financial benefit…

Dehradun: Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat announced that Rs 1,000 would be credited into the accounts of each Anganwadi and Asha worker in the State. This will benefit about 50,000 Anganwadi and Asha workers.

An accredited social health activist (ASHA) is a community health worker…

Vermont: Health care and public safety employers whose employees worked to respond to COVID-19 will be eligible for hazard pay grant funding.

The grants are available for employers whose staffs worked between March 13 and May 15. Vermont’s Front-Line Employees Hazard Pay Grant Program…

Centre has released over 890 crore rupees as the second installment of the COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package to 22 States and Union Territories.

The financial aid will be used for strengthening of public health facilities infrastructure for testing…

Oaxaca: The Oaxaca State Congress approved the granting of a monthly compensation proportional to 20 percent of the salary received by health personnel currently in service,during the Covid-19 health emergency.

Employers calling back workers,who were put on redundancy in the previous months due to the COVID-19 crisis,will be allowed a 100 per cent cut of social contribution payments for four months.