Afghanistan’s government began distributing free bread to hundreds of thousands of people across the country this week as supplies have been disrupted during the coronavirus shutdown and prices have soared, officials and experts said.Afghanistan distributes free bread as prices soar amid…

The Liberian Government will take up the electricity bill of households in the affected counties for the duration of the STAY-AT-HOME order (total cost: US$4 million dollars).

The government planned to use the amount of US$25 million to support food distribution to households in designated affected counties for the period of 60 days.

In March 2020, the Ministry of Education announced that schools will be closed but school feeding will continue for public primary school learners, in order to ensure that children are given one hot meal per day.

The government of Vanuatu aims to support jobs through the Employment Stabilization Payment Program, which will reimburse employers up to VT 30,000 per employee on their payroll each month for a period of four months. Employers will also receive a payment of 15% of the amount they are…

The Abu Dhabi Pension Fund announced that private sector companies in the emirate can apply to postpone paying pensions over the next three months.

Government started the distribution of food packs to 1.5 million vulnerable people in Kampala and Wakiso districts on Saturday, April 4, 2020.

K500 million to the Public Service Pensions Fund to pay over 1,500 retirees or their beneficiaries.

One million households identified through the Social Welfare Department to benefit from the $600 million kitty availed by the Government to mitigate the effects of Covid-19.

Parents who have to stay home to care for children will be eligible for temporary parental benefit which amounts  approximately 90 per cent of the daily allowance they would normally receive. The new ordinance also contains an exemption from the requirement of a medical opinion to…

Self-employed workers who fall ill during the coronavirus crisis can receive sickness benefits from the first day they actually fell ill. This specific crisis measure applies from the…

A temporary parental allowance for the self-employed who do not benefit (or no longer) from other crisis measure, and whose activity reduced due to the care for their child (ren) in the exceptional circumstances following the COVID-19 crisis. A…

The decree suspends all conditionalities related to the Guaranteed Minimum Income program, or Reddito di Cittadinanza (RdC or Citizens' Income), for two months. The measure was introduced to minimize the movement of beneficiaries (to social services or to public employment services, where…

In the case of businesses operating in these sectors, for the months of March, April, May and June 2020, employers will be exempt from the payment of contributions on wages. From among the contributions payable on wages, there will only be a health insurance contribution payment obligation in…

Removing barriers to allow recently retired NHS staff and social workers to return to work (and in Scotland, in addition to retired people, allowing those who are on a career break or are social worker students to become temporary social workers)

Special benefit delivery mechanisms of pensions to old persons and persons with disabilities – they will receive the pensions at home, no need to go to the bank

This support (to the employer) will only cover self-isolation as defined under the public health
guidelines, where the employee is: (i) not sick, cannot perform work remotely
and has been advised by the Ministry of Health to self-isolate; (ii) not sick but
has to care for…

For each child (age 0-16), currently already on the child benefit, an additional
$100 on top of the current $50 will be allocated for every fortnight during
closure of school outside of the school holidays. Application process not
required.

The usual one-week waiting period will be waived for people who are in quarantine or have been directed to self-isolate and are claiming for Employment Insurance (EI) sickness benefits (estimated cost of $5M).
Eligible workers with no or limited paid-leave benefits through their employers…

British Columbia arranged to provide school meals for at-risk students