The Japanese parliament passed a budget of 31.91 trillion yen ($ 298 billion), to support the economy in the face of the effects of the spread of the Corona virus, which is the second supplementary budget for fiscal year 2020. .
According to the Emirates News Agency, the budget focuses on granting benefits to medical workers on the front lines, i.e. hospitals that treat Covid patients-19.
It includes granting 200 thousand yen about 1850 dollars per worker and 100 thousand yen per item of workers in medical institutions that have beds and are ready to accept people with the Corona virus. < / p>
The budget provides assistance to some small companies and individual entrepreneurs who suffer from a shortage of cash, up to a maximum of 6 million yen, 55 thousand dollars to help them pay the rent. >
The government budget will be funded entirely from government debt, including bonds to cover the deficit of 22.61 trillion yen.
The spending will raise Japan's debt dependency ratio - the amount of government bonds issued and other loans made annually as a percentage of total government spending - to above 50% for the first Once since the 2009 financial year after the global financial crisis.
