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ST GOAL :
RAKYAT’S WELL-BEING

STRATEGY 1 : COVID-19 Pandemic and
Public Health

Temporary Measures to Reduce
the Impact of Coronavirus
Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Act
2020

▶ Provide exemption to the
individuals who are unable to
fulfil their contractual obligations
such as rent payments due to
the pandemic

▶ A COVID-19 Mediation Centre to
assist B40 and M40 groups as
well as micro industries resolve
disputes related to contractual
obligations

Temporary Measures for ▶ RM150 million to the National
Government Financing Disaster Management Agency
(Coronavirus Disease 2019) to coordinate efforts to fight
Act allows the Government’s COVID-19
statutory debts level to be
temporarily raised up to 60% of ▶ RM50 million for the purchase
GDP compared to 55% of equipment, laboratory test
supplies and medicine for
▶ Increase the ceiling of COVID- university teaching hospitals OFFICIAL YEAR BOOK 202 1190
19 Fund to RM65 billion from
RM45 billion ▶ Procure equipment required to
resume dental services, virtual
▶ The purpose is to fund the KITA clinic services and preparation
PRIHATIN package, additional of preliminary zone facility
assistance for the people’s and thermometers at health
well-being, needs of frontliners’ facilities to meet SOP
and procurement of vaccine
RM500 one-off contribution to
RM1 billion allocation to stem the MOH frontliners benefitting 100
third wave of COVID-19 thousand health workers

▶ RM475 million for the purchase RM300 special one-off contribution to
of reagent, test kits and all other frontliners recognised by
consumables for MOH usage the National Disaster Management
Agency (NADMA)
▶ RM318 million for PPE
equipment and hand sanitizers
to MOH frontliners
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