(ČIA) The government of the political movement ANO and ČSSD has approved the compensation program COVID-2021, which will be used by firms to get CZK 500/day for each employee. The government supported also the alternative program COVID-Uncovered Costs, which will secure the compensation of 60% of costs retroactively from January 1, 2021, for companies. This was stated by the Minister of Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček (for ANO), saying that the condition for the program was a decrease in sales by at least 50% compared to 2019.