A/HRC/45/CRP.8 prevent and stop all acts of violence, while facilitating the exercise of freedom of peaceful assembly without discrimination. Avoid the arbitrary enforcement of COVID19 restrictions ; (k) Create adequate fiscal space, including through progressive taxation, recalibration of the budget, and use of loans, to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 and increase investments in the health and social protection sectors; (l) Collaborate and systematically consult with civil society organizations when designing and implementing COVID-19 response and socio-economic recovery measures, and gather disaggregated data, including by sex, ethnicity, age, and disability on the situation of the social and economic rights of groups for which there is no currently reliable data, such as homeless persons, residents of informal settlements, and older persons. Declare municipal and charitable organizations that work with homeless people, people with disabilities, older persons and other persons in situations of vulnerability as essential so they may continue their operations during the quarantine and increase their funding; (m) Introduce regular COVID-19 testing for first responders, including social workers and others providing support to groups in vulnerable situations. React rapidly to suspected COVID-19 cases by testing staff and residents of institutions; (n) Remove existing barriers and combat any discrimination in access to health services on the ground of disability, age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and gender identity, social status or other grounds. Provide information about COVID-19, its prevention and treatment in the language and form accessible for representatives of groups in vulnerable situations; (o) Mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on Roma by implementing the recommendations set out in the HRMMU briefing note on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the rights of Roma in Ukraine; (p) Mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on homeless people by implementing all recommendations contained in HRMMU briefing note on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on homeless people in Ukraine; (q) Support older persons, persons with disabilities and others in long-term care institutions by: (i) Elaborating specific instructions that are rooted in a human rightsbased, gender-sensitive approach for COVID-19 prevention and mitigation measures in private and public facilities, including psychiatric facilities and rehabilitation centres, with reference to World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations, and establishing a mechanism to supervise compliance with these measures; (ii) Ensuring that health and social care workers employed in these institutions receive adequate protection and support to enable them to continue caregiving work while minimizing potential exposure to the virus for themselves, those they care for, and their families; (iii) Providing adequate support and resources to ensure on-going access to integrated health and social care services that are designed to respond to individual needs, with a gender-sensitive approach, of older persons and persons with disabilities while promoting their autonomy and independence. (r) Support persons with disabilities living in local communities by: (i) Ensuring they have full access to necessary health services during the quarantine, including physical and psychosocial rehabilitation programmes, sexual and reproductive health services, and life-saving medication; (ii) Adopting policy measures to provide support to persons with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond to ensure that 32