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Financial support for individuals socpro covid19 Family benefits, Social assistance Guernsey
Coronavírus: apoio aos recibos verdes é de 438 euros e dura seis meses socpro covid19 Unemployment portugal
COVID-19: MoFE unveils third set of economic measures, including paying 25% of MSME employees’ salary socpro covid19 Employment, Cash transfers brunei
Governo aprovou apoio aos recibos verdes sem descontos socpro covid19 Unemployment portugal
COVID-19: MoFE unveils third set of economic measures, including paying 25% of MSME employees’ salary socpro covid19 Employment, Cash transfers brunei
SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD COVID-19 UPDATE - ONLINE PAYMENTS AND COMMUNICATION METHODS socpro covid19 Contribution collection and compliance, Service quality anguilla
Emergencia Económica: Requisitos y cómo acceder al subsidio del 40% de nómina socpro covid19 Employment, Cash transfers colombia
ICBF entrega alimentos a niños en riesgo de desnutrición en Córdoba socpro covid19 Food and nutrition, Children, Social assistance colombia
Policy Responses to COVID-19 socpro covid19 Housing Solomon Islands
Si se contagia de coronavirus tendrá derecho a compensación económica socpro covid19 Health colombia
MASFAMU addresses impact of covid-19 at AU conference socpro covid19 Family benefits, Employment angola
Retiro de cesantías por Covid-19 en Porvenir: consultar cuántos ahorros tengo en línea socpro covid19 Unemployment colombia
COVID-19: Call these numbers for free meals – Gender Minister socpro covid19 Food and nutrition, Communication ghana
CONGRESO DE LA REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA DECRE.TO NUMERO 12-2020 socpro covid19 Health, Food and nutrition, Social assistance guatemala
Guinea: PM Kassory declines an economic response plan of more than three trillion GNF to Covid-19 socpro covid19 Health guinea
COVID-19: Procedimiento para acceder al Fondo para la Protección del Empleo socpro covid19 Employment, Cash transfers guatemala
Ghana goment announce free water, 3 month tax holiday give health workers den 50% basic salary give frontline COVID-19 workers socpro covid19 Health, Employment ghana
Bono Familiar en Guatemala: quién puede y cómo solicitar la ayuda del Mides socpro covid19 Family benefits, Social assistance, Cash transfers guatemala
After coronavirus, telemedicine is here to stay pmassetti

blogs.worldbank.org (07.07.2020) The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the long-anticipated surge in telemedicine services worldwide. Consulting a health care provider over phone, video or text has become the new normal for many non-urgent medical needs, while the crisis has sparked renewed interest in digital tools that can test and monitor at-risk patients safely in their homes.

covid19 Health
Benin: Social measures Covid-19 in Benin: The transfers made siha

Government of the Republic of Benin (10.07.2020) The majority of beneficiaries exercising certain trades who were impacted by the restrictive measures to fight against the spread of corona virus have started receiving a subsidy via cash transfers on their mobile phones. 

There are differences in the grants. They depend on three things: whether the activity is formal or not; the geographical location of the activity (does the person work in large cities or not) and also what was declared in terms of loss of income during the period of implementation of these restrictive measures.

Now is the time to

covid19, extending coverage, labour markets Employment, Extension of coverage, Social assistance, Cash transfers benin
Burundi: Burundi's new coronavirus policy: Mass testing in Bujumbura city siha

Al Jazeera (07.07.2020) Burundi has launched a campaign of mass testing for the coronavirus in the country's largest city, in a significant shift in policy for a nation which has largely ignored the dangers of the outbreak.

Many Bujumbura residents, including students, participated in the screening in three centres in the north, centre and south of the commercial capital on Monday.

covid19, service delivery Health, Service delivery, Shocks & extreme events burundi
From Crisis Comes Opportunity: Spain’s Basic Income Response to COVID-19 - Evidence for Action pmassetti

unicef.org (01.07.2020) The Government of Spain recently launched a national ‘Basic Income scheme’ (‘Ingreso Minimo Vital’), for extremely poor households and vulnerable groups. The means-tested programme is expected to reach approximately 2.5 million people, who will receive between €462 and €1,015 per month per household depending on the number of household members. Total household income and wealth determines whether a household receives the benefit, and applicants should be between 23 and 65 years of age and have legal residence in Spain of at least one year. There is also a condition of being registered as a job seeker. The programme is expected to cost €3,000 million.

covid19, universal-basic-income Cash transfers spain
France: Chômage partiel: le parquet de Paris enquête sur des fraudes massives impliquant des «flux financiers internationaux» pmassetti

lefigaro.fr (10.07.2020) Le parquet de Paris a annoncé vendredi enquêter sur des fraudes «massives» au chômage partiel, impliquant des «flux financiers internationaux», qui ont occasionné «plus d'1,7 million d'euros» de préjudice.

covid19 Error, evasion and fraud france
Mexico: Mexico Providing Simplified Social Security Installment Plans for COVID-19 siha

Orbitax News (10.07.2020) Mexico's Social Security Institute has announced a simplified installment plan scheme for employers facing difficulties in paying their social security contributions due to COVID-19. Under the scheme, employers may make up to 48 monthly installments, subject to monthly interest as follows:

  • up to 12 months - 1.26% interest
  • 12 months to 24 months - 1.53% interest
  • 24 months to 48 months - 1.82% interest

To be eligible, at least 20% of employer contributions and 100% of employee contributions must be paid.

contribution collection, covid19, economic crisis Contribution collection and compliance, Shocks & extreme events mexico
Mexico: Solidarity coverage to support the health sector siha

Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit (14.05.2020) The Solidarity Coverage to Support the Health Sector consists of life insurance from insurance companies to provide financial protection to the families of public sector health personnel free of charge. The beneficiaries of this support will be the relatives of 1.6 million public sector health workers who have died from the COVID-19, when treating patients with this disease. In the event of death due to the direct cause of said disease, the insurers undertake to grant 50 thousand pesos to relatives of the aforementioned staff (spouse or, in case of no-show, their children or their parents, if the former do not show up) . This protection will be retroactive and will be valid from April 1 to August 31, 2020.

covid19, human resources, services quality Health, Survivors, Human resource management mexico