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…

La prise en charge, pour les mois d’avril et de mai 2020, des factures d’électricité et d’eau des catégories relevant des tranches dites sociales, à savoir les plus démunies.
Il s’agit aussi de l’exonération de la Taxe sur la Valeur Ajoutée les factures d’électricité et d’eau, de tous les…

Cash benefits to: Workers who temporarily stopped working or have been on unpaid leave (VND 1.8 million/person/month); (iv) unemployed workers without unemployment insurance, and self-employed workers (VND 1 million/person/month); (v) households with monthly taxable revenue below VND 100 million…

A holiday bonus was planned to be paid to retirees just before the religious
holiday, but it will be paid earlier (at the beginning of April 2020). To get the above bonus, the retiree had to go to the Bank Branch. But now, the bonus will be deposited to their Bank accounts or delivered at…

Each poor household will get a monthly allowance of VND1 million ($43), near-poor household get VND 250,000 per month, while social protection beneficiaries would receive an additional of VND500,000 per month on top of the monthly allowance.

Employees, small/household businesses that…

The Ministry of Agriculture will provide hygiene and protection equipment
against COVID-19 as well as appropriate housing and transportation
conditions for seasonal agricultural workers.

Employers will be able to contact HMRC (revenue and customs) for a grant
to cover most of the wages of people who are not working that are furloughed
and kept on payroll rather than being laid off. Government grants would
cover 80% of the salary of retained workers to a…

Tax payments for individuals over 65 years old or those with chronic
conditions are postponed until the end of the COVID-19 outbreak.

The self-employed or people earning below the Lower Earnings Limit of
£118 per week can now more easily claim Universal Credit or Contributory
Employment and Support Allowance (Contributory Employment and Support
Allowance will be payable, at a rate of £73.10 a week for…

Monthly budget allocated to 1,003 social assistance and solidarity
foundations who provide social assistance to various disadvantaged groups
was increased from 135 million TL (around $21 million) to 180 million TL
(around $27 million) in total.

On March 20, 2020, schools across the United Kingdom were closed. By
March 31, 2020, the government formally launched a national voucher
scheme to ensure that the 1.3 million eligible school-aged children will
continue to have access to meals during COVID-19-induced school…

Facilitate and accelerate the process to benefit from the Short-term Work Allowance. Short-term Work Allowance provides income support for workers whenever business is slowed down or suspended as a result of a general, sectoral or regional crisis or another coercive condition. The allowance…

Temporary suspension of mortgage payments, fuel duty (for a year), and
suspension of new evictions from social or private rented accommodation

The Turkish government has announced an additional 2 billion Turkish Lira ($300M) for financial aid to families in need according to criteria defined by the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services

For the duration of the outbreak, the requirements of the Universal Credit
Program will be temporarily relaxed for those who have COVID-19 or are
self-isolating according to government advice. People will be able to claim
Universal Credit and access advance payments upfront…

Lowest retirement pension to be increased to 1,500 lira ($232) and holiday bonus for retirees to be paid in April.

The UK would raise its main state-paid benefit. The universal credit standard
allowance for the next 12 months would increase by 1,000 pounds a year,
with the working tax credit basic element rising by the same amount as well.
It is expected that the measures will benefit…

Government announced direct cash aid to a broader pool of self-employed persons, and enhanced support for lower-income workers, as part of a stimulus package of S$48 billion ($33 billion). Other measures in the package include: scrapping of property tax for virus-hit hotels, restaurants and…

All Singaporeans aged 21 and above will receive a one-off payment of S$600 in April. The government had originally announced in February a payment of S$100-300 and then in March it decided to increase the benefit to S$300-600, with payouts due to be distributed from August to September.…

Eligible employers will be able to apply for the Leave of Absence Support Programme.

It gives the employer $100 daily per affected worker for the duration of the LOA. From 18 Feb 2359hr, this will be extended to those affected by the Stay-Home Notice requirement.

Eligible self-…

Extension of 60 rides transport cards (metro, busses, trolleys) for 5 days in
case they were not used for the period of March 30-April 3 (self-isolation
period).

renforcement des capacités opérationnelles des structures sanitaires du pays et le déploiement de laboratoires mobiles pour le dépistage de "manière totalement confidentielle, rapide et surtout gratuite" des populations sur l'étendue du territoire.