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Kuala Lumpur: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pic) Monday unveiled a RM15 billion aid package to ease the people’s burden and ensure economic resilience at a time when the country is grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic. Muhyiddin said the Perlindungan Ekonomi dan Rakyat Malaysia (PERMAI) aid package contains 22 initiatives to combat the pandemic, safeguard the welfare of the people and support business continuity. “The government has time and again demonstrated that we will not...

Enhanced wage subsidies, advanced EPF withdrawals and more in Malaysias RM15bn PERMAI package Details Published: 19 January 2021 The new package, announced on 18 January, will see the enhancement of the Wage Subsidy Programme, whereby all employers operating in the MCO states will be eligible to apply, irrespective of their sector. Malaysias Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has announced a new assistance package, as part of the Governments ongoing efforts in...

Private hospital operators are urged to provide immediate assistance by accepting and treating COVID-19 patients...

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 18): Malaysia is confident of meeting its target of vaccinating more than 80% of its population or close to 27 million people by the first quarter of 2022, said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.   He said the vaccination programme will be implemented in phases over a period of 12 months, and that the first batch is expected to be vaccinated by early March.   "I am pleased to announce that the planning for our Vaccination Programme is on-track," Muhyiddin said in a liv...

Sabah Law Society (SLS) on Friday asked why there was no justification as to why the emergency was declared until Aug 1 this year

Sabah Law Society (SLS) on Friday asked why there was no justification as to why the emergency was declared until Aug 1 this year

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 — Malaysia is on track to receive the first of its Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer in January, Khairy Jamaluddin assured the country today. The science, technology and innovation minister noted that Malaysia would still be among the first countries in the region to get access...

Advocacy Updates ~ December 21, 2020 December 21, 2020 On December 8, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) that ensures Americans have priority access to COVID-19 vaccines developed in the United States or procured by the United States government. The EO does not go into detail about the U.S. government’s vaccine distribution plan, but the language of the EO does suggest that a plan is being developed for international access to U.S. government-acquired vaccines (Section 4 ...