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Spain

Among the measures to support families is to guarantee the basic right to food for vulnerable children who are affected by school closures. Specifically, a total of Euro 25M is established to provide income support (wallet cards, wire transfer, voucher in supermarkets).

South Korea

W200B to low-income households getting unemployed and to those under COVID-19 treatment/quarantine.

Reintroduction of job seekers’ allowance for low-income households, with such allowance being increased from W200,000 to 500,000 for up to 3 months.

The government decided to offer emergency relief payments of 9.1 trillion won to households in the bottom 70 percent income bracket. A total of 14 million households to become recipients. Payments to vary according to the household members: 0.4 million won (single-person households), 0.6 million won (two-person households), 0.8 million won (three-person households), 1.0 million won (four-person households).

Singapore

The new (second) stimulus package of S$48 billion ($33 billion) includes cash transfers to self-employed and low-income people.

UK

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 over 4 million of the most vulnerable households.

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 without the current requirement to attend a job Centre if they are advised to self-isolate.

USA

Adults will get $1200 each and children $500 each. The benefit will start decreasing at a rate of $5 for every additional $100 in income. The phaseout starts at $75,000 in adjusted gross income for singles, $112,500 for heads of household, and $150,000 for married couples filing jointly; it will phase out entirely by $99,000 for singles and $198,000 for couples (with no children).