Bahamas: Unemployment assistance expanded to self employed persons outside of tourism sector

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EYEWITNESS NEWS (30.03.2020) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance K Peter Turnquest has announced the expansion of the unemployment assistance programme for self-employed persons outside of the tourism sector.

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bahamas
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Unemployment
Extension of coverage
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Korea: Text alerting on COVID-19 outbreak areas/zones

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sciencedirect.com (05.05.2020) One of the most effective ways that the Korean government rapidly dispersed these daily updates is emergency SMS messages. All citizens receive daily alert messages through their mobile phones from their local authorities. The alert message arrives with a 40–60 db alarm sound, and contains information from KCDC about newly confirmed patients and their recent trajectories if available.

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korea, Republic of
Global challenges
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Health promotion
Health insurance
E-services
Communication
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Korea: Subsidy to individuals who need to be isolated or hospitalized

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oecd.org (16.04.2020) Provision of a subsidy to individuals who need to be isolated (both self-isolation and hospitalisation) to support their living costs and penalises those who are suspected to be infected if they refuse to receive diagnostic test or subsequent treatment or go through self-isolation.

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korea, Republic of
Global challenges
Topics
Health
Health insurance
Financing

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