Are countries on ‘Lockdown’ getting paid leave from work?

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Does anyone know if the countries on lockdown are getting paid leave/unpaid. I’m curious how they will support themselves financially whilst this goes on.

If laid off due to Covid 19 in Ireland an emergency payment of €203 pw is being paid for 6 weeks - employees can claim individually but Government are asking employers to pay staff this amount if they are able to & claim it back so as to reduce the amount of claims

This is a link explaining the Irish situation www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/0316/1123480-coronavirus-ireland/

In China in dh’s company, paid as normal, all staff.

Thank you for the replies. Glad to see these countries are helping financially in this situation