President Gotabaya Rajapaksa a short while ago announced another relief package to support the public affected by the coronavirus outbreak. Following are the declared concessions and eligible groups. 1-    Measures have been taken to pay Rs.5,000 each to all 416,764 senior citizen allowance recipients and to the recently registered 142,345 senior citizens. 2-   An allowance of Rs. 5,000 will be provided to 84,071 disabled persons and 35,229 newly registered disabled persons. 3-   A total of 160,675 farmers who are registered under the Farmers’ Insurance Scheme will also receive an allowance of Rs.5000 each. 4-    An allowance of Rs. 5,000 will be paid to 25,320 kidney patients and 13,850 newly registered patients. 5-   Thriposha and other nutritional supplements will be delivered directly to the residences of expectant mothers and families with malnourished children 6-    Measures have been taken to provide Rs.5,000 each to all 1,798,655 Samurdhi recipients and to the recently registered 600,339 Samurdhi recipients by the Samurdhi Bank / Samurdhi Authority. 7-   Payment of the pensions to 645,179 public officers. 8-   Steps will be taken to pay the April salary for 1,500,000 Public Sector employees and loan payment deductions from salaries to be suspended until further notice. 9-   Relief on lease installments for 1,500,000 self-employed persons, including owners of three-wheelers, trucks, school buses and vans and self-employed motorists. 10- Reliefs will be provided for the private businesses that are not in a position to pay employees’ wages due to the prevailing economic hardships. Those who do not belong to the above mentioned classification, but could be identified as at risk, will receive similar reliefs. This identification process will be conducted under the supervision of Public Health Inspectors, Social Services, Development, Samurdhi Development, Agricultural Research Development and Family Health Service Officers and District Secretaries. The circular issued by the Secretary to the President stated that the District and Divisional Secretaries should take steps to directly distribute essential food items to individuals. In this process, officials have been asked to partner with Sathosa, Cooperatives and private traders in order to get a fair price for farmers without the interference of third parties. The Secretary to the President said that the relevant officers should fulfill their respective duties under the guidance of the Presidential Task Force.