COVID-19 roundup: business support extended in Iceland as well as states of emergency in NWT
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With mass layoffs and mass insolvencies across Iceland amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has announced extended part-time unemployment benefits and increased financial support for companies.
Canada’s Northwest Territories will extend both its territory-wide state of emergency and its public health emergency until May 12.
Greenland has issued a new executive order allowing educational institutions greater flexibility in how… Continue reading this Arctic roundup in our interactive map. (Mobile version available here)