The Government of Belize has provided an update on Phase 2 of the COVID-19 Unemployment Relief Program. As of yesterday, 66,859 applications were received, and 42,575 applicants have been approved. Payment for those successful applicants has been sent to the National Bank of Belize.
Out of the approved applicants, 23,818 were people laid off work, and 18,757 were self-employed.
As of yesterday, 14,862 applications have been placed on a list of exclusions for a variety of reasons including if they are already Boost recipients; if they receive government or Social Security Pension; if they applied as "long-term unemployed" - which was only available during phase 1; or if they are below the age of 18, among others.
There are a total of 1,817 payments which have been rejected by financial institutions because of errors with the applicants' account information.
