Aid to ease Covid-19 burden


Fazila serving a customer at her stall in Macallum Street Ghaut, Penang. She says she will use the one-time aid from the telecommunication credit for better internet services. — Photos: CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

FAMILIES from the B40 group are grateful for the aid announced in Budget 2021 as they have been hit hard financially due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Medical sales rep Bob Yap, 35, said his household income was above RM4,000 before his wife lost her job in April this year.

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