DOCUMENT | 27 Sep 2021
Law No. 1/12 OF MAY 12, 2020 ESTABLISHING THE CODE OF SOCIAL PROTECTION IN BURUNDI
Burundi
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NEWS | 24 Sep 2021
Covid-19: Ten million Malaysians to receive financial aid
Malaysia
Malaysia allocates RM3.1 billion for implementing Covid-19 special assistance (BKC), aiming to reduce the impacts of COVID-19, starting from September 6. BKC provides to 4.4 million households that include 1.1 million single senior citizens and 4.5 million...
NEWS | 24 Sep 2021
Philippines provides cash aid to COVID-infected employees
Philippines
In the Philippines, workers who had been infected with COVID-19 can now apply for financial support to the Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) through a courier service. This benefit covers both sickness and death due to COVID-19. The COVID-19 has been...
NEWS | 24 Sep 2021
Smaller firms receives COVID wage subsidy in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand paid over $876 million for the Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme so far to support more than a quarter of the country's employees affected by COVID-19. Of the 781,364 jobs are covered under the scheme, 14 percent were for self-employed workers....
NEWS | 24 Sep 2021
NIGER: Creation of the Institut National d’Assistance Médicale (INAM)
Niger
Extract from the Council of Ministers held this Wednesday, September 23, 2021 under the chairmanship of the President of the Republic of Niger, SEM Mohamed BAZOUM. The Council of Ministers has adopted a draft decree creating a social public establishment called the...
NEWS | 21 Sep 2021
South Sudan secures US$ 174.2 million to address the COVID-19 pandemic
South Sudan
On 30th March, 2021, South Sudan received US$ 174.2 million to help finance the country’s urgent balance of payments needs and provide critical fiscal space to maintain poverty-reducing and growth-enhancing spending. A sharp decline in international oil prices...
NEWS | 19 Sep 2021
Timor-Leste to compensate Covid vaccine-hit patients
Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste plans to provide compensation to people who receive adverse reactions or fatalities from Covid-19 vaccine, aiming to encourage the population to get the vaccination due to a rise of new cases and deaths. A patient who experiences a rare case of disability...
NEWS | 19 Sep 2021
Japan plans for fiscal year 2022 total 111 trillion yen to control COVID-19
Japan
Due to a rise of social security expenditures, budget requests from government ministries and agencies reach 111 trillion yen ($1 trillion) in total for fiscal 2022. Social security costs accounted for one-third of government expenditures. The health ministry...
NEWS | 13 Sep 2021
PhilHealth now covers home isolation of mild and asymptomatic COVID-19 cases
Philippines
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) announced a health benefits package to cover home isolation of mild and asymptomatic COVID-19 patients. The COVID-19 Home Isolation Benefit Package (CHIBP) can help free up hospital beds for COVID-19 patients...
NEWS | 11 Sep 2021
COVID-19 vaccines, medicines, test kits added in Thailand Universal Coverage Scheme
Thailand
In Thailand, the National Health Security Board has approved new benefits packages under the Universal Coverage Scheme that consist of COVID-19 vaccines, medicines, test kits, and medical supplies. The new benefits packages enable the National...
NEWS | 09 Sep 2021
Eswatini COVID-19 response gets a boost
The Kingdom of Eswatini’s response to COVID-19 got a boost following the approval of US$5 million loan in additional financing on the 16th of April, 2021. The added funds were expected to assist the Government of Eswatini accelerate its ongoing efforts to purchase and...
NEWS | 04 Sep 2021
Japan to use $13 bil. in reserve funds for COVID measures
Japan
Japan's cabinet has approved 1.4 trillion yen ($13 billion) in fiscal 2021 reserve funds. This budget is mainly allocated to purchasing COVID-19 vaccines and securing medicines for patients. Of the total budget, the government allocated about 841.5 billion yen...
NEWS | 26 Aug 2021
Tanzania gets US$112 million to fight COVID-19 and accelerate end of HIV, TB and Malaria
Tanzania, United Republic of
The Government of Tanzania has received new funding to fight the COVID-19 crisis and accelerate the end of the epidemics of HIV, TB and malaria while building resilient and sustainable systems for health. During a virtual launch ceremony, Her Excellency Samia Suluhu...
NEWS | 25 Aug 2021
Uganda gets additional support for COVID-19 crisis recovery
Uganda
Uganda, along with much of sub-Saharan Africa, has faced extraordinary challenges since the pandemic hit. Before the pandemic, Uganda’s economy grew, on average, by about 6%. However, even then, per capita income growth had started to slow because of ...
NEWS | 20 Aug 2021
Malaysia allocates RM10.3m for special assistance of Covid-19 death management
Malaysia
Malaysia provides RM10.3m for the special assistance of Covid-19 death management in order to support the next-of-kin of those who died due to coronavirus. The one-off special assistance of RM5,000 is allocated for the next-of-kin....