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 have had to…

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…

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

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…

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…

To promote the use of electronic payment tools the Western Africa Central
Bank (BCEAO) is providing more flexible measures to open a mobile money
and making transfers between people backed by electronic money free. The measures are effective for 30 days, renewable.

Les agriculteurs comptent généralement sur l’aide de travailleurs temporaires originaires du Mexique, du Guatemala et, dans une moindre mesure, du Honduras. Des ralentissements bureaucratiques dans leurs pays d’origine et la fermeture des frontières ont compliqué leur venue au cours des…

Workers who are affected by the 21-day lockdown or become ill during the outbreak will receive government assistance. The Basic Conditions of Employment Act rights for employees will be activated; through NEDLAC, employers and unions have agreed to negotiate special leave conditions. More…

The Thai social security agency will cover all medical costs of those infected
with COVID-19, including bills from private hospitals.

- Eligible Self-Employed individuals will receive a financial support of
Rs 5,100 (i.e. 50% of Guaranteed Income) for the period
16th March 2020 to 15th April 2020.
- Self-employed individuals who are either in business (examples: shops,
hawkers, hair

Thailand has initiated a multi-prong package for Thai workers forced to
return from Korea due to the outbreak. This includes: (i) those who are
members of Overseas Workers Fund will be entitled to THB15,000
compensation (also available to member workers who return from other…

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…

Tax measures will include a reduction in the rate of contributions to the social
security fund of employers and employees from a rate of 5% to 0.1% of
wages for 3 months (and maintain the same contribution rate of the
government at 2.75% of wages and reduce the contribution…

(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…

Relief will be given for private sector business who face difficulties in paying salaries for
the workers.

distribution gratuite de 56.000 tonnes de céréales et de 16.000 tonnes d’aliment bétail se dérouleront également sur toute l’étendue du territoire, a assuré le chef de l’État du Mali

Transfer of LKR 5000 to 1,798,655 people who are the recipients of the
“samurdhi” allowance (the largest cash-transfer program here) and for
600,339 families who have been identified as recipients of the “samurdhi”
allowance and are in the waiting list.

Pour anticiper un tel scénario et préserver l’équilibre social et psychologique au sein des ménages, «un fonds spécial de 100 milliards de Fcfa sera alloué aux familles les plus vulnérables, à l’échelle des 703 Communes du Mali», a annoncé le président de la République, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta…

Payment of LKR 5000 for 25,320 people who are the recipients of the kidney
disease allowance and for 13,850 people who are in the waiting LIST.

“Quédate en casa” (Stay at home) 4 million workers in informal work and workers in self ran businesses, and 2 million workers from private businesses shall receive a sitpend of 450,000 pesos bolivares--equivalent to $6USD.

BZD 5 million (USD 2.5 million) from social security fund to support existent social assistance programmes

Payroll Plan for small and medium sized companies through the Patria system for a period of up to six months. It will be activated at the request of the companies, to protect the socio-economic stability and the productive capacity of the companies that have ceased their activities due to the…

Provision of spaces in appropriate places to deal with suspected or confirmed cases of children and adolescents.

Transfer of $100 million USD to Social Welfare Institute (IPS) for the payment of sick leave and financial compensation to (formal) workers affected by the pandemic.

Nine hundred persons with disabilities with priority, in a state of vulnerability or abandonment, located in residences or in group homes,will be provided with hygiene items (alcohol, chlorine, etc.). In addition, there will be a distribution of hygiene, cleaning and protection articles for…