Rome
Italy’s government has approved a 32-billion-euro ($38-billion-dollar) economic relief package for coronavirus-stricken businesses and workers.
It included 11 billion euros of grants to worst-affected firms that will be paid out by the end of April, Prime Minister Mario Draghi said in a news conference.
Draghi called the decree a “partial answer” to those who are struggling with the fallout from the pandemic, “but the best that we could do” given budgetary constraints.
Around 8 billion euros were earmarked for welfare support.—AFP
