Human Services Offering Pandemic Childcare Subsidy for Working Parents
Australia expands wage subsidy scheme as COVID-19 cases surge
COVID-19 Hong Kong Employment Support Scheme
Unpaid pandemic leave and annual leave flexibilities now available
Bahamas: Unemployment assistance expanded to self employed persons outside of tourism sector
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.
Government announces new stimulus measures as Coronavirus impact escalates
Grenadians Begin Receiving Stimulus Payments Promised by Government
Korea: Text alerting on COVID-19 outbreak areas/zones
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.
Korea: Subsidy to individuals who need to be isolated or hospitalized
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.