Centre has released over 890 crore rupees as the second installment of the COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package to 22 States and Union Territories.

The financial aid will be used for strengthening of public health facilities infrastructure for testing…

Oaxaca: The Oaxaca State Congress approved the granting of a monthly compensation proportional to 20 percent of the salary received by health personnel currently in service,during the Covid-19 health emergency.

Employers calling back workers,who were put on redundancy in the previous months due to the COVID-19 crisis,will be allowed a 100 per cent cut of social contribution payments for four months.

The Government of Río Negro will give $150,000 to the 43 kindergartens of the province as part of the assistance promised by the governor,Arabela Carreras,in the face of the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective is that these institutions can maintain their activity…

A specific measure to help businesses and employment in the less-developed southern regions was delivered,providing for a 30 per cent cut of social contribution payments to companies for all of their employees (and not just for new hiring) starting from October 1.

The State will pay a compensation of $15,000 to the families of those who died from coronavirus. The Subsidio de Contención Familiar (Family Containment Subsidy) is a benefit that has been provided since 2006 and that covered the death of beneficiaries of the SIPA (Argentine Integrated Pension…

18-week extension of public funding for workers put in temporary redundancy schemes.

Companies accessing the schemes,however,will have to put on hold any cut to their workforce in the same period.

President Donald Trump signed multiple executive actions that create a payroll tax holiday for those making less than $100,000 annually. The employee portion of the payroll tax would be deferred from Aug. 1 through the end of the year.

The 7% tax on employee income covers the Medicare…

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday announced a financial assistance of Rs. 5,000 to ‘108’ ambulance drivers and emergency medical technicians involved in the fight against COVID-19.

Trump on Saturday signed a memorandum that provides $400 a week for additional unemployment insurance benefits -- down from the $600 benefit that expired July 31.

The federal government will pay 75%. Supposedly,the states will come up with money to fund the remainder.

Dehradun: Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat announced Rs 2,000 encouragement allowance for ASHA facilitators. An ASHA facilitator is expected to be a mentor,guide and counselor to the ASHA workers and also monitor their progress,the CM said.

An accredited social health activist (ASHA…

Trichy district,India. The folk artists have welcomed state government’s decision to provide Rs 1,000 as Covid-19 relief to them. According to data,a total of 1,999 artists have been registered with the welfare board of folk artists.

A $17 million relief fund to support youth-led businesses and associations to mitigate the effects of Covid-19 on their operations has been set up by Government.

Beneficiaries are set to receive between $3 000 and $5 000 each.

Priority would be given to youth organisations…

The government launched on Thursday an online cash relief system aimed at speeding up the distribution of financial aid amid the coronavirus crisis.

Low-income families from areas under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) are expected to receive ₱5,000 to ₱8,000 worth of assistance under…

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday launched a new government project to spend $25 million a month to support IDPoor households affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic. The program will facilitate cash transfers to households identified by the government as part of the Identification of Poor…

Government has unveiled a $10 million Covid-19 Relief Fund for artists that have been affected by the devastating global pandemic.

Individual artists will pocket $5 000 each while registered organisations and social organisations in the sector will get $7 500 if they meet the criteria…

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) said if a policyholder tests positive for covid-19 and is admitted into a makeshift hospital on the advice of a medical practitioner or government authorities,then notwithstanding the definition of hospital mentioned in the…

Panama will apply a reduction of 30% to 50% for all its consumers of electrical energy,which will benefit more than one million customers,as a mitigation measure due to the economic crisis generated by COVID-19. The measure will grant a 50% reduction in the electricity rate to customers who…

The city of Pittsburg has received funding through the federal Community Development Block Grant-Coronavirus program to help local meal programs affected by the pandemic.

Grants under the program's meals portion are intended to provide Kansas cities and counties with funds to…

Infonavit (Instituto del Fondo Nacional de la Vivienda para los Trabajadores) is a federal institute for worker's housing that provides workers with mortgage and non-mortgage credit related to housing. Infonavit's has been offering five support programs for those who became unemployed,…

This is another of Infonavit's supports for unemployment and salary reduction; it is an extension of payments. The balance of the worker's account will be frozen for three months and no interest of any kind will be produced in that period. The difference from the Universal Job Loss…

Around 13,000 students received a special allowance to make up for the school breakfasts they missed during March and April during the lockdown,the education ministry announced on Sunday.

The students are primary and secondary public school students that are eligible for free breakfast…

This is the third measure to support workers' Infonavit credit. This is a discount on the monthly installments via payroll. If the company where the borrower works is declared laying off employees (Paro Técnico),a discount of up to 25 percent will be applied to the payments on their payroll…

The Afghan government has launched a new COVID-19 relief program as part of its efforts to help households facing economic hardship due to the ongoing pandemic.

The government will allocate $86 million and then $158 million in the second phase to provide food to people across the country…

Section 4024 of the CARES Act provides a temporary moratorium on eviction filings as well as other protections for tenants in certain rental properties with federal assistance or federally related financing.
These protections are designed to alleviate the economic and public health…