PETALING JAYA: Following the highest spike in Covid-19 cases in the country on Sunday (March 15), PKR President Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim calls for an increase in allocations for the Health Ministry in the government’s economic stimulus package.
Anwar also said the government must continue to strengthen the capacity of the nation’s healthcare system to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic over the short, medium and long term.
“Let me be clear, it is the government’s responsibility to undertake these measures and the burden should not be passed to the public, ” he said. Anwar said the Finance Ministry should increase the Bantuan Sara Hidup payments this year, and consider additional one-off cash payments for all BSH eligible households.
“Incentives/grants for the use of e-commerce and delivery services to small and medium retail and F&B businesses; cash flow assistance for SMEs impacted by supply chain disruptions; and loan forbearance offered by banks to low-income households coping with late mortgage payments, ” he said.
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