Guatemala will use nearly $26 million from an emergency fund to help thousands of the country's neediest families, as measures to combat the spread of coronavirus hit the economy and jobs, President Alejandro Giammattei said on Sunday.
FILE PHOTO: The police musical band performs for the people on a street, as the coronavirus disease outbreak continues, in Guatemala City, Guatemala March 28, 2020. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria
GUATEMALA CITY - Guatemala will use nearly $26 million from an emergency fund to help thousands of the country’s neediest families, as measures to combat the spread of coronavirus hit the economy and jobs, President Alejandro Giammattei said on Sunday. “For the most vulnerable in the country ... we have decided to withdraw 200 million quetzals from the emergency fund and we are going to give families aid of 1,000 quetzals to help pay for electricity, water and supplies,” Giammattei said.The Central American nation on Saturday extended a curfew through April 12.
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