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Colombia reports 11,528 new Covid-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], January 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Colombia registered 11,528 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 1,666,408, the country's health authorities said Saturday.
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Colombia's COVID-19 deaths surpass 32,000
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Bogota [Columbia], November 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Colombia's COVID-19 deaths climbed to 32,013 after 166 more fatalities were reported over the past day, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection said Wednesday.
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Protect mental health in workplace during Covid-19: ILO
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Oct 10 (ANI): Governments must continue to invest in social protection and take extra supportive measures to ensure the mental health of vulnerable disadvantaged groups, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said.
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Developing countries should invest $1.2 trillion to guarantee basic social
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 18 (ANI): Developing countries should invest about 1.2 trillion dollars -- on average 3.8 per cent of their GDP -- to guarantee at least basic income security and access to essential health care for all in 2020 alone, according to a new policy brief by the Internati
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World Bank announces $1 billion social protection package for India
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The World Bank's board of executive directors has approved a one billion dollar social protection response programme to support India's efforts at providing social assistance to the poor and vulnerable households which have been severely impacted by the COVID
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Plug social protection gaps in developing countries to prevent future cris
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 15 (ANI): The COVID-19 crisis has exposed devastating gaps in social protection coverage in developing countries and recovery will only be sustained and future crises prevented if they can transform their ad hoc crisis response measures into comprehensive social pro
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World Bank gives $1 billion as social security fund for India
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The World Bank has approved one billion dollar package for India's urban poor and migrant workers during the coronavirus crisis.
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World Bank approves USD 1 billion additional aid to India
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The World Bank on Friday approved USD 1 billion social protection package for India linked to Central government's programmes.
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COVID-19 crisis a wake-up call to strengthen social protection systems: IL
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 25 (ANI): Governments together with social partners and other stakeholders should use the COVID-19 crisis as a wake-up call to strengthen their social protection systems, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said.
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