The government will pay the salaries and wages of export-oriented sectors. Businesses can avail funds from the package at 2% interest to pay their workers' salaries for up to three months. The salaries must be paid to either a bank or mobile financial service account.

The Economic Watch Committee (Comité de veille économique (CVE)
members decided to activate a mobile payment device to transfer cash to
workers operating in the informal sector adversely affected by COVID-19
(only for those who have been directly affected by the GoM…

Food subsidies would include selling rice at Tk5/kg through OMS, down
from Tk30/kg

The Italian government has designated €400m (£358m) for food vouchers

The government has also committed to widen the coverage of the existing social safety net to address the basic needs of people living below the poverty line. These include workers in the informal sector, the daily labourers, old people and destitute women.

The Histadrut (General Organization of Workers) and the government have
agreed on paid leave for workers in the public sector. It is an agreed pooling
system of vacation leave to share with workers who need to stay away from
work. It stipulates that a non-essential…

On 25 and 30 March the Government approved a comprehensive action plan
to counter the adverse coronavirus impact and several measures to offset its
economic and social consequences with a total envelope of at least 300 mln
USD. These included:
• Support to hired…

To promote the use of electronic payment tools the Western Africa Central
Bank (BCEAO) is providing more flexible measures to open a mobile money
and making transfers between people backed by electronic money free. The measures are effective for 30 days, renewable.

Les agriculteurs comptent généralement sur l’aide de travailleurs temporaires originaires du Mexique, du Guatemala et, dans une moindre mesure, du Honduras. Des ralentissements bureaucratiques dans leurs pays d’origine et la fermeture des frontières ont compliqué leur venue au cours des…

Workers who are affected by the 21-day lockdown or become ill during the outbreak will receive government assistance. The Basic Conditions of Employment Act rights for employees will be activated; through NEDLAC, employers and unions have agreed to negotiate special leave conditions. More…

Thailand has initiated a multi-prong package for Thai workers forced to
return from Korea due to the outbreak. This includes: (i) those who are
members of Overseas Workers Fund will be entitled to THB15,000
compensation (also available to member workers who return from other…

Tax measures will include a reduction in the rate of contributions to the social
security fund of employers and employees from a rate of 5% to 0.1% of
wages for 3 months (and maintain the same contribution rate of the
government at 2.75% of wages and reduce the contribution…

Delivering “triposha” and other nutritious supplements to the households of
pregnant mothers and infants with nutrition deficiencies.

Transfer of LKR 5000 to 1,798,655 people who are the recipients of the
“samurdhi” allowance (the largest cash-transfer program here) and for
600,339 families who have been identified as recipients of the “samurdhi”
allowance and are in the waiting list.

The KSA mandated an automatic renewal of health insurance cards for 6
months, hence allowing families to make hospitals and clinic visits.

As per Announcement of King Salman of March 30, 2020, all Saudi citizens,
residents, visitors, tourists and illegal immigrants will access testing and
treatment services for Coronavirus for free. The government through the
ministry of health will cover related expenses.

A cash transfer of 5,000-baht ($153) for 3 months will reach 9M (instead of
3M from last week) workers not covered by the Social Security Fund (21.7M
people applied). The total program cost is $4B.

The flagship 4Ps conditional cash transfer program waived the program
conditionalities for the months of February and March, continuing the
provision of full cash grants under the period.

Ethiopia prohibited companies from laying off workers and terminating
employment in measures introduced as part of a state of emergency to stop
the spread of the coronavirus

Tigray State: a moratorium on evictions and reduction of rents by half

The increase in the price of electricity has been suspended for two months

As part of its commitment to mitigate the adverse financial impact of
the lockdown on economic operators, Government is waiving the fees
payable by sellers of vegetables, haberdashery and general merchandise in
markets around the island during the curfew period. For those…

The basis for the subsidy is 50% of the employee’s monthly wages. Minimum support is P 1000. Maximum support is P 2500. The subsidy period commences in April and ends in June 2020. All business sectors are eligible for the subsidy with the exception of the following:

a. Water Supply; b.…

O INSTITUO Nacional de Segurança Social (INSS) vai subsidiar os trabalhadores positivos da Covid-19 com um valor correspondente a 70 por cento do salário médio diário. Segundo o director-geral da instituição, para serem elegíveis, os trabalhadores devem ser contribuintes do sistema de segurança…

(Maintenance of food prices on the local market by strengthening control by the Directorate General for Trade and Competition.)
En ces temps où les offres de produits sont souvent insuffisantes à cause de pratiques commerciales déloyales comme la rétention de produits à des fins de…