The government has allocated more than RM1.7 bil to fight COVID-19 transmission, channelled through 14 ministries and state governments and Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz said the government remained committed to efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and was prepared to increase the allocation if necessary.
Of the amount that has been allocated so far, RM1 bil has been channelled to the Ministry of Health (MOH), RM250 mil to the National Disaster Management Authority (NADMA) and RM247 mil to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The minister said at a time when the latest COVID-19 wave was hitting Sabah, the government, through MOH, had channeled an additional allocation of RM44 mil towards providing personal protective equipment (PPE), medical supplies and medical equipment such as patient beds as well as breathing aids or ventilators.
Apart from that, he said the government, through the National Security Council (MKN), recently approved an additional allocation of RM50 mil to NADMA in support of efforts to address the spread of the pandemic. – Oct 22, 2020
