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Government discusses COVID-19 situation and decides on measures needed to address it

Finnish Government
10 Nov 2021
  Finland

State aid: Commission approves €4.5 billion Italian scheme to support companies and the economy in the context of the coronavirus outbreak

European Commission
10 Nov 2021
  European Union;   Italy

Additional Australian vaccines for Vietnam

Government of Australia
10 Nov 2021
  Australia;   Viet Nam

An amendment is submitted to the Committee on Public Finance to increase the borrowing limit

News.lk
09 Nov 2021
  Sri Lanka

New laws and code to resolve remaining COVID-19 commercial rent debts

GOV.UK
09 Nov 2021
  United Kingdom

Government to introduce COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of deployment for all frontline health and social care workers

Gov.uk
09 Nov 2021
  United Kingdom

World Bank Vice President concludes visit to Sri Lanka, reaffirms support for investments in people and resilient recovery

Colombo Page
09 Nov 2021
  Sri Lanka

Covid-19: compulsory booster dose from 65 years old to extend the health pass

Government of France
09 Nov 2021
  France

Coronavirus already cost Belgium’s social security nearly €20 billion

Brussels Times
09 Nov 2021
  Belgium

Medics to get Covid booster jabs next year

Vientiane Times
09 Nov 2021
  Lao PDR

Australia’s economy is ‘bouncing back’ from COVID

Sky News
09 Nov 2021
  Australia

Travel is resuming, but not for everyone

Brookings
08 Nov 2021
  Global;   United States

COVID: Austria restricts unvaccinated people from public spaces

Al Jazeera
08 Nov 2021
  Austria

Australia pledges three million COVID-19 vaccines to Cambodia

Reuters
08 Nov 2021
  Australia;   Cambodia

Moratoria to COVID-19 affected businesses and individuals has exceeded Rs. 4,000 billion - Central Bank

Colombo Page
08 Nov 2021
  Sri Lanka

Dutch bring back masks, and widen coronavirus pass checks, to little protest

Dutch News
08 Nov 2021
  Netherlands

FAO and USAID Provide 12,000 COVID-19 Rapid Tests to Laos

The Laotian Times
08 Nov 2021
  Lao PDR

Local public services: extension of the support mechanism

Ministry of Economy, Finance and Recovery, France
08 Nov 2021
  France

Experts recommend waiting until the end of winter before deciding to open up

Kuensel
08 Nov 2021
  Bhutan

Over 10 million people in the UK receive COVID-19 top-up vaccines

GOV.UK
07 Nov 2021
  United Kingdom