Hajiji announces RM128.98mil Covid-19 aid package

Kota Kinabalu: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor has announced a RM128.98 million Covid-19 aid package named Prihatin COVID-19 2.0 Assistance for those affected by the implementation of the Movement Control Order,

He said of this, RM97.4 million will be channelled as a one-off RM300 cash aid to 324,661 individuals listed in the e-kasih, B40, orphans, senior citizens, disabled, single mothers, farmers, fishermen, smallholders, livestock breeders, tourist guides, mountain guides, porters, artists, taxi drivers, bus drivers, lorry drivers and hawkers.

The rest totalling RM31.58 million will be from the National Disaster Management Agency for distributing food baskets to those in localities placed under the Enhanced Movement Control Order, said Hajiji in a statement Saturday.

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