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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 23 March 2020

In brief: Peru’s emergency subsidy expanded

* Peru’s economy & finance minister María Antonieta Alva has announced that the PEN380 (US$108) subsidy for impoverished or vulnerable people affected by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic will be expanded to benefit an additional 500,000 households. The scheme had been introduced on 16 March by President Martín Vizcarra, in response to the economic uncertainty caused by the implementation of a 15-day national quarantine to fight the outbreak.

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