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SERDANG (Feb 11): The one-off payment of RM500 to 140,000 healthcare frontliners, will start being paid on March 1, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba. He said eligible staff can start applying for the payment claim beginning this month.
Every bit counts: (From left) Sekri, Dr Suhaida, Mohd Wazir and Dr Kevin Kotiben are appreciative of the financial aid.
IPOH: The Perlindungan Ekonomi dan Rakyat Malaysia Assistance Package (Permai) is a morale booster for medical frontliners working to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
All of the frontliners who were met here said the assistance package that was announced by the government has lifted the spirits of the frontliners fighting to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Health inspector Sekri Li, 36, said every little bit counts in the country’s fight against the pandemic.
“The additional allocations will definitely help out as we try to break the Covid-19 chain again during MCO 2.0.
The First Objective - Combating the Covid-19 outbreak
The first objective consists of four initiatives that directly
relate to healthcare matters, namely:
An outline of the Covid-19 vaccination programme to be
implemented by the Government, for which a sum of RM3 billion has
been allocated;
Strengthening the National Healthcare Sector through
the recruitment of an additional 3,500 healthcare personnel;
Enhancing cooperation between the public and private
healthcare sectors to alleviate the strain on the public healthcare
system; and
Stepping up the testing of employees.
The Second Objective - Safeguarding the
Rakyat's
Welfare
The second objective consists of eight initiatives that seek to
Kong (black T-shirt) lamenting his woes to his fellow trishaw riders at Armenian Street in George Town, Penang. —Photos: LIM BENG TATT and CHAN BOON KAI/The Star
CHINESE New Year is one of the festive seasons where trishaw riders are able to earn extra money from angpows given by their customers.
Some riders have even received angpows worth hundreds of ringgit during the festival in previous years.
However, all that has changed due to the dwindling number of tourists as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and movement control order (MCO).
A trishaw rider, who wished to be known as Kong, 58, said he used to make an extra RM400 during Chinese New Year from the angpows he received from his customers.
More needs to be done for the tourist guide community that has been severely impacted by the pandemic. — Filepic
With borders closed to international travellers since March last year, many tourist guides in the country have been grappling with bread-and-butter issues.
The lack of travellers in a pandemic world means that their vocation has practically come to a grinding halt.
Some respite came recently when Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced a new assistance package – the Perlindungan Ekonomi dan Rakyat Malaysia or Permai – worth RM15bil.
In a special address, Muhyiddin said a one-off financial assistance of RM500 will be given to 14,000 tourist guides in the country.
The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has urged the government to immediately create more permanent posts for medical officers as part of efforts to combat the Covid-19 pandemic