Primark has set up a fund to help pay the wages of factory employees who worked on clothing orders that were later cancelled because of coronavirus.
The chain, owned by Associated British Foods (ABF), said it would cover the wages for staff in Bangladesh, India and more, for clothing orders that were scheduled for shipment but later temrinated.
The fund will also support workers in Cambodia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. Primark closed all its branches in the UK on March 22, just weeks after shutting down in Europe and America following the outbreak of the virus.
After the store closures, it asked all of its suppliers to halt production. It later said the move will cost the business £650million in lost revenue a month.