COVID-19 (Audio)

There is a support program for beneficiaries of the Inuit Lands Claims this that started this past April.

It is offered by the Nunatsiavut Government to help beneficiaries with the COVID-19 Pandemic.

We spoke with Gerald Asivak who is the Minister of Health and Social Development and Ordinary Member for Upper Lake Melville.

He says the COVID-19 support programs being offered by the Nunatsiavut Government will only be made available to those who meet specified eligibility criteria.

The support programs aims to assist seniors (60 years and older) on fixed incomes, persons with disabilities, single parents, low income families, and individuals and families who have had their employment hours cut or have been laid off because of the pandemic.

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