The President intends to reprogram unspent funding from the CARES Act and funds from the Homeland Security Department’s Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) to provide weekly unemployment benefits of $400 with $100 of the benefit required to be covered by States. The previous amount was a $600 week...
While not as deadly as the 2002 to 2003 SARS outbreak on a per-case basis, COVID-19 (the disease produced by the virus) is much more infectious. It poses a particular threat to older people and individuals with preexisting immuno-compromised conditions. In light of the COVID-19 ...
CrowdStrike Intelligence identified scam emails spoofing the World Health Organization (WHO) with requests for financial donations to the COVID-19 Solidarity Relief Fund. The emails copy legitimate communications from WHO regarding the fund, but list an adversary-controlled Bitcoin (BTC) wallet address ...
While the relief measures announced by the government are important and significant, it’s important to be cautious. The effectiveness of these safety nets will depend on the adequacy of the relief package, how well they reach the neediest groups, and efficiencies in delivery system. It is well...
The Goldman Sachs COVID-19 Relief Fund is designed to be responsive to prevalent challenges in some of the areas that are being hardest hit by the pandemic and supports organizations working directly on COVID-19 relief and response efforts across five key priorities: ...
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Investigators also received support from the Wellcome Trust, Medical Research Council (MRC), British Heart Foundation (BHF), Alzheimer’s Society, European Union, NIHR, COVID-19 Driver Relief Fund (CDRF) and the NIHR-funded BioResource, Clinical Research Facility and Biomedical Research Centre (...
5. Covid-19 and energy: Calming the tumultuous energy nexus 6. Effects of Covid-19 on prime sources of energy sectors 7. Phasing out the fossil fuels towards renewables: An opportunity created by the pandemic 8. Road map to the renewables 9. Energy investment trends and policy landscape 10...
In this eighth Governing Body update since Covid-19 began, he also relates some disaster relief efforts and introduces the next year’s text: “Those seeking Jehovah will lack nothing good.” (Ps 34:10) They are putting the pandemic behind them. Were lockdowns the answer and had the worl...
Government expenditure and taxation have a significant influence on the long-term adaptation and resilience of societies to climate and other environmental shocks. Unprecedented fiscal spending in the COVID-19 recovery offered an opportunity to systemati