Residents' lives made easier during pandemic

Coverage launched

In Ninghai county, Ningbo, Zhejiang province, an insurance program has been launched for businesses that provide and deliver boxed meals to people in quarantine.

All four quarantine meal delivery companies in Ninghai county, Ningbo, have been insured and this cover will be further promoted throughout the city.

A company pays 198 yuan ($31) as a deposit for insurance. If any of its workers test positive for COVID-19 and the business is forced to close, daily compensation of 3,000 yuan will be paid during the time it is shut down, with a maximum payment of 90,000 yuan.

Yang Xiaomeng, who owns Ningbo Haiyuwan Catering Management, one of the quarantine meal delivery companies in the district, said, "This reassures us that the insurance helps reduce risks when we join efforts to fight COVID-19."

A similar type of insurance was launched on March 29 by the Zhejiang Small and Medium Catering Industry Association, the Zhejiang branch of China Continent Insurance, and Dayu Technology Co.

It is the first insurance cover in the province aimed at micro, small and medium-sized catering companies.

Property insurance for companies covers compensation for losses caused by COVID-19 and interruption of business.

Compensation is divided into three levels based on the size of the companies.

If businesses close due to epidemic prevention and control measures, the daily compensation limit for micro to medium-sized companies ranges from 800 yuan to 1,600 yuan, with a maximum payout of 33,600 yuan.

The resurgence of COVID-19 in Zhejiang has dealt a heavy blow to leisure venues such as cinemas.

The cities of Jinhua, Jiaxing and Wenzhou are offering subsidies of more than 10 million yuan for cinemas to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on their business. For six months, cinemas in these cities will receive 25 yuan per month for each seat.

Chen Yijiang, who manages a cinema in Jinhua, told Jinhua Daily that revenue fell by 60 percent in the first quarter of this year.

According to the preferential policy, the cinema, which has 603 seats, will receive a subsidy of more than 90,000 yuan.

"This is a great help to us," Chen added.

Zhao Yujing in Guangzhou contributed to this story.