That is a steep fine to pay in hard times, and, right now, the most many who just lost their jobs are thinking about is that 75 dollars weekly in financial assistance that the government promised
And they've been waiting for the forms for financial assistance had gone live on COVID-19.com. The form was uploaded to the site at 10:00 pm Thursday night, but demand on the site seems to have been too great and it crashed around 8:00 am today.
Still, 5,000 applications for financial assistance had already been received.
And this afternoon The Prime Minister ended his statement about the 4th confirmed COVID case with the good news that those who were able to apply will see the cash reflected in their bank accounts within "two or so business days."
Rt. Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister
"The application forms for those that have lost their jobs and are to be provided GOB relief are now available. In fact, there has already been a first rush of applications. The verification process is underway, and people should be seeing their money in the banks within two or so business days."
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