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This compendium, prepared by the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), aims to capture emerging trends in digital responses of UN Member States against the COVID-19 pandemic along with other digital government initiatives and provide a preliminary analysis of their main features. These cases are shared for exchange of information so that Member States can learn from each other and possibly create new partnerships.

1. The Government of Bahrain has recently announced a BHD4.3 billion ($11.4 billion) stimulus package;
2. The payment of salaries of all private-sector employees for three months from April 2020 3. Paying the Electricity and Water Authority utility bills for individuals and businesses for three months from April 2020;
4. Exemption from municipal fees, industrial land rental fees, tourism levies for three months from April 2020 for all individuals and businesses;
5. Increasing the size of the Liquidity Support Fund two-fold to BHD200 million ($530 million);
6. Increasing the Central Bank of Bahrain's loan facilities to BHD3.7 billion ($9.8 billion) to allow the deferment of debt installments and the extension of additional credit; 7. The Information and eGovernment Authority launched the BeAware Bahrain application which advances contact tracing efforts to identify and track active cases of Covid-19.

Country
Bahrain
Institution

Information & eGovernment Authority, Ministry of Health

Category
Digital Government
Focus
Contact tracing
Technology

App