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| Korea: Text alerting on COVID-19 outbreak areas/zones | korea, Republic of | sciencedirect.com (05.05.2020) One of the most effective ways that the Korean government rapidly dispersed these daily updates is emergency SMS messages. All citizens receive daily alert messages through their mobile phones from their local authorities. The alert message arrives with a 40–60 db… |
One of the most effective ways that the Korean government rapidly dispersed these daily updates is emergency SMS messages. The government provided free smartphone apps and flagged infection areas with text alerts for testing and local cases. Other free mobile applications have been used for… |
ICT has played a vital role in fighting against COVID-19 in Korea. |
Health promotion, Health insurance, E-services, Communication | communication, covid19 | Published Measures summary | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198220300221 | mmarquez | |
| Korea: Subsidy to individuals who need to be isolated or hospitalized | korea, Republic of | oecd.org (16.04.2020) Provision of a subsidy to individuals who need to be isolated (both self-isolation and hospitalisation) to support their living costs and penalises those who are suspected to be infected if they refuse to receive diagnostic test or subsequent treatment or go through… |
Provision of a subsidy to individuals who need to be isolated (both self-isolation and hospitalisation) to support their living costs and penalises those who are suspected to be infected if they refuse to receive diagnostic test or subsequent treatment or go through self-isolation. |
Korea provides tests and subsequent treatment free of charge to patients and the cost is covered by central and local governments and the health insurance public corporation. South Korea also provides a subsidy to individuals who need to be isolated (both self-isolation and |
Health, Health insurance, Financing | covid19 | Published Measures summary | https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/beyond-containment-health-sys… | mmarquez | |
| Korea: Zero out-of-pocket payment when suspected of infection with coronavirus | korea, Republic of | oecd.org and mhis.or.kr (02.02.2020) Korea provides tests and subsequent treatment free of charge to patients and the cost is covered by central and local governments and the health insurance public corporation (the National Health Insurance covers 80% and the central government the remaining 20… |
Korea provides tests and subsequent treatment free of charge to patients and the cost is covered by central and local governments and the health insurance public corporation (the National Health Insurance covers 80% and the central government the remaining 20%). |
“Zero” Out-of-Pocket Payment |
Health insurance, Financing | covid19 | Published Measures summary | https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/beyond-containment-health-sys… | mmarquez | |
| Saudi Arabia: Training programs for employees | saudi arabia | pension.gov.sa (03.09.2020) The Public Pension Agency has implemented training programs for its employees during remote working so as to better cater their customers during the confinement period. |
The Public Pension Agency has implemented training programs for its employees during remote working so as to better cater their customers during the confinement period. |
See pdf sent by the PPA from Saudi Arabia (also added as a complete pdf). |
Service quality | covid19, customer_services | Published Measures summary | https://www.pension.gov.sa/MediaCenter/AgencyNews/NewsDetails/4/468 | mmarquez | |
| Saudi Arabia: Extension of entitlement period of 3 months | saudi arabia | pension.gov.sa (03.09.2020) Entension of entitlements period of 3 months for beneficiaries who were to suspend their entitlements. |
Entension of entitlements period of 3 months for beneficiaries who were to suspend their entitlements. |
Old-age pensions | covid19 | Published Measures summary | https://www.pension.gov.sa/MediaCenter/AgencyNews/NewsDetails/4/468 | mmarquez | ||
| Saudi Arabia: Increase in customer attention hours at the Public Pension Agency | saudi arabia | Public Pension Agency (28.04.2020) The call center is fully prepared and staffed (remotely) throughout the month of Ramadan to receive all incoming calls, and to deal with them as determined by the nature of the required service throughout the week from Sunday to Thursday from ten in the morning… |
The call center is fully prepared and staffed (remotely) throughout the month of Ramadan to receive all incoming calls, and to deal with them as determined by the nature of the required service throughout the week from Sunday to Thursday from ten in the morning until four in the evening, and… |
E-services, Client, Service quality, Service delivery | communication, covid19, service delivery | Published Measures summary | https://www.pension.gov.sa/MediaCenter/AgencyNews/NewsDetails/3/491 | mmarquez | ||
| Monitoring COVID-19 impact on older persons | Asia | Help Age Asia (2020) As part of an Asia-Pacific regional initiative, HelpAge International and partner organisations are producing bimonthly briefs to summarise trends in the situation of older people and responses to their situation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
Old-age pensions | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://ageingasia.org/monitoring-covid-19-impact/ | pmassetti | |||
| Chile: Early withdrawal of up to 10% of mandatory individual accounts | chile | Luego que esta tarde la Cámara de Diputadas y Diputados aprobara el proyecto de reforma constitucional que permite retirar el 10% de los fondos de pensiones de las cuentas de capitalización individual obligatoria, la Superintendencia de Pensiones (SP) emitió dos oficios con instrucciones con el… |
To help provide financial relief during the COVID-19 pandemic, Chile's president approved a law on July 24 that allows participants of the country's mandatory individual account pension program to withdraw up to 10 percent of their account balances; for most participants, the… |
Old-age pensions, COVID-19 | covid19 | Published Measures summary | https://diariolaquinta.cl/2020/07/23/superintendencia-de-pensiones-instruye-a-l… | mmarquez | ||
| Pandemic preparedness panel slams collective failure to heed warnings | Reuters (14.09.2020) A collective failure by political leaders to heed warnings and prepare for an infectious disease pandemic has transformed “a world at risk” to a “world in disorder”, according to a report on international epidemic preparedness. |
covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-pandemic-warning/pandemic-… | pmassetti | |||||
| Netherlands: Agreement on the details of the pension agreement | netherlands | The government website (04.07.2020) The cabinet and social partners have reached final agreement on the details of the pension agreement. The new system will be more transparent. Workers and retirees gain a clearer insight into the accumulated assets. It also provides a realistic… |
Old-age pensions, Service quality | adequacy, services quality | Published Measures summary | https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/pensioen/nieuws/2020/07/04/overeenstem… | siha | |||
| Netherlands: Parliament agrees to Dutch pensions reform but questions remain | netherlands | IPE (15.07.2020) Despite heavy opposition resistance against “breaking down the world’s best pensions system”, the Dutch parliament agreed yesterday to the switch to a new defined contribution (DC) contract which includes a lifecycle system and personal pension pots. However, many questions on… |
Old-age pensions, Service quality | policy reponse | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.ipe.com/news/parliament-agrees-to-dutch-pensions-reform-but-questio… | siha | |||
| France : Covid 19 - La facture très salée des tests PCR pour la Sécurité sociale | france | capital.fr (07.09.2020) Le coût des tests généralisés du COVID 19 est très important et la Sécurité sociale est directement impactée. |
Cash sickness benefits, Health insurance | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.capital.fr/entreprises-marches/la-facture-tres-salee-des-tests-pcr-… | gfilhon | |||
| Readiness of working remotely: Actions taken by the Public Pension Agency of Saudi Arabia (PPA) under the Covid19- pandemic | saudi arabia | (May 2020) The readiness of PPA enabled it to continue providing services electronically immediately after suspending the attendance in wokplaces. Thus, PPA managed to adopt the method of working remotely for all employees (+700 employees) participate in this new method of work, by taking… |
Risk management, Information and communication technology, ISSA institution | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://iskm.issa.int/sites/default/files/2020-09/PPA.pdf | pmassetti | |||
| EU: Telecommuting because of the corona virus - which country’s social security applies? | european union, finland | Finnish Centre for Pensions (02.04.2020) The European Commission has published instructions regarding the mobility of workers in EU during the exceptional circumstances caused by the corona epidemic. The Commission states that the regulations on the coordination of social security systems… |
The European Commission has published instructions regarding the mobility of workers in EU during the exceptional circumstances caused by the corona epidemic. The Commission states that the regulations on the coordination of social security systems continue to be valid. The temporary exceptional… |
Due to the corona virus, many who work abroad now telecommute from their home country. The telecommuting may affect which country’s social security is applied to the worker. Because of the exceptional circumstances caused by the corona epidemic, work abroad has changed in unforeseen ways. |
Extension of coverage, COVID-19 | covid19, extending coverage, international_agreement | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.etk.fi/en/topical-issues/telecommuting-because-of-the-corona-virus-… | siha | |
| Switzerland: Simplified regulations for ALV are being extended | switzerland | Federal Department of Economics, Education and Research (26.08.2020) Bern, - Additional hours that are built up outside of short-time working phases should not have to be temporarily deducted from lost work. This was decided by the Federal Council on August 26, 2020. In addition, income from… |
Two provisions of the AVIV Unemployment Insurance Ordinance remain valid:… |
Bern, 08/26/2020 - Additional hours that are built up outside of short-time working phases should not have to be temporarily deducted from lost work. This was decided by the Fe |
Unemployment, Extension of coverage, COVID-19 | covid19, extending coverage, youth employment | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.wbf.admin.ch/wbf/de/home/dokumentation/nsb-news_list.msg-id-80183.h… | siha | |
| UNAIDS calls for urgent action to strengthen social protection programmes in the face of COVID-19 | UNAIDS (26.08.2020) UNAIDS is calling on governments to strengthen HIV-sensitive social protection responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. People living with HIV and tuberculosis (TB) are being significantly impacted by COVID-19. Modelling has estimated the potential catastrophic impacts of… |
Health, Social policies & programmes | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/pressreleaseandstatementarchive… | mmarquez | ||||
| Gender-sensitive policies as response to COVID-19 | UNDP (August 2020) The COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker monitors policy measures enacted by governments worldwide to tackle the COVID-19 crisis, and highlights responses that have integrated a gender lens. It includes national measures that are directly addressing women’s economic and… |
Cash sickness benefits, Family benefits, Employment, COVID-19 | covid19, family_gender_society, gender_and_inequality | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/covid-19-gender-dashboard.html | mmarquez | ||||
| COVID-19 Health System Response Monitor | Europe | The Health System Response Monitor (HSRM) has been designed in response to the COVID-19 outbreak to collect and organize up-to-date information on how countries are responding to the crisis. It focuses primarily on the responses of health systems but also captures wider public health initiatives… |
COVID-19 | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.covid19healthsystem.org/mainpage.aspx | mmarquez | |||
| Financing the existence of autonomous hospitals | P4H Network (05.08.2020) Governments can indeed be very creative in designing schemes for supporting private business: postponing tax collection, reshaping accounting rules, subsiding or tax-exonerating some costs, etc. These schemes and solutions are not developed for the health sector,… |
Health, Financing | covid19, universal health care | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://p4h.world/en/who-ihf-financing-hospital-autonomy-covid19 | mmarquez | ||||
| Policy Trackers | Oxford Supertracker | The Oxford Supertracker is a global directory of over 100 policy trackers and surveys related to COVID-19. This novel… |
covid19 | https://supertracker.spi.ox.ac.uk/policy-trackers/ | pmassetti | ||||||
| COVID-19 Funds in Response to the Pandemic | IMF (26.08.2020) In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries have created dedicated extrabudgetary funds (EBFs) to mobilize resources and streamline emergency spending measures. A recently published IMF Note discusses the role these funds can play in the current crisis. The note… |
Financing | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://blog-pfm.imf.org/pfmblog/2020/08/-covid-19-funds-in-response-to-the-pan… | pmassetti | ||||
| US: The IRS Extends Deadline to Ensure People with Children Receive $500 Economic Impact Payments | United States | Social Security Administration (18.08.2020) The IRS has extended its deadline to September 30, 2020, for people to provide information to the IRS using its Non-Filer Tool at www.irs.gov/coronavirus/non-filers-enter-payment-info-here. People should do this if they: receive Social Security… |
The IRS has extended its deadline to September 30, 2020, for people to provide information to the IRS using its Non-Filer Tool at www.irs.gov/coronavirus/non-filers-enter-payment-info-here. |
Extension of coverage, Cash transfers, COVID-19 | covid19, Emergency grants, extending coverage | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/releases/2020/#8-2020-2 | siha | ||
| How Cash Transfers Prevent Lockdown Tragedies | Project Syndicate (19.08.2020) COVID-19 has decimated livelihoods worldwide, squeezing the middle class and pushing low-income households into abject poverty. Social-protection programs such as Pakistan's Ehsaas Emergency Cash offer not only a path forward during the pandemic, but also valuable… |
Cash transfers | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/pakistan-cash-transfer-program-cov… | pmassetti | ||||
| Preventing and managing COVID-19 across long-term care services: Policy brief | who.int (24.07.2020) The COVID-19 pandemic has affected older people disproportionately, especially those living in long-term care facilities. In many countries, evidence shows that more than 40% of COVID-19 related deaths have been linked to long-term care facilities, with figures being as high… |
Long-term care | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-2019-nCoV-Policy_Brief-Long-term_Ca… | pmassetti | ||||
| US: How to fix the Covid stimulus payment problem: Accounts, information, and infrastructure | United States | brookings.edu (19.08.2020) The financial response to the Covid crisis demonstrated the inability of the federal government to rapidly get money to people during times of crisis. It took between three weeks and three months for Americans to receive a single penny of their emergency impact… |
Business process, Cash transfers | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/how-to-fix-the-covid-stimulus-payment-proble… | pmassetti |