Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rina Mohd Harun
(pic) said this is because the impact of Covid-19 on access to financial services has given rise to various problems. Last year, there were about 496,000 recipients, now it has increased to 500,000 recipients as recorded since early January,” she told reporters after distributing food baskets at Masjid Tanah parliamentary constituency here Saturday (May 1).
Also present was Deputy Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives (Medac) Minister, Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin.
In the meantime, Rina explained that JKM provides volunteers who visit from house to house to assist the community especially senior citizens who need help.
Appeals for welfare assistance expected to increase Rina 01 May 2021 / 16:47 H. - Bernama
ALOR GAJAH: Applications to get welfare assistance from the Social Welfare Department (JKM) is expected to increase nationwide due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rina Mohd Harun said this is because the impact of Covid-19 on access to financial services has given rise to various problems.
“Last year, there were about 496,000 recipients, now it has increased to 500,000 recipients as recorded since early January,” she told reporters after distributing food baskets at Masjid Tanah parliamentary constituency here today.
Also present was Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives (MEDAC) deputy minister, Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin.
Spainâs decision to halt Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccinations due to the detection in the European Union of several cases of blood clots after its use has shaken up the countryâs inoculation campaign. The regions were already facing a second half of March at a slow speed, with the doses arriving slowly. But the latest decision by the Health Ministry to suspend the use of the AstraZeneca medication has once again thrown into doubt whether the central governmentâs objective of immunizing 70% of the adult population by the summer will be possible.
The government has opted to wait until the European Medicines Agency (EMA) issues a ruling on whether there is a link between the vaccine and thrombosis cases, but it claims that this will not affect the calendar. According to the latest data from the Health Ministry, a total of 932,704 Covid-19 vaccines were administered last week, of which 304,705 were AstraZeneca (32.7%). That means that if the rate of jabs had been the
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