Human Rights Measure
COVID-19 Response: Antigua Public Utilities Authority
Date Enacted: March 2020
Country: Antigua and Barbuda
Region: Latin America & the Caribbean
The government “enlist[ed]” the “assistance” of APUA (Antigua Public Utilities Authority) to: “cushion the pain of unemployment.” Among other measures, APUA “agreed [t]o cease all disconnections of APUA water and electricity to households for three months” and “[t]o re-connect those APUA customers who have been recently disconnected (except for theft of services).” In August 2020, “the suspension of disconnections for electricity and water services” was extended through the end of November.
