Aid for next of kin


The Finance Ministry’s Laksana agency has also proposed for compensation for Covid-19 victims’ dependants.

AT 19, Nazurah Nabilah Benjayeed should have her whole life ahead of her.

Instead, the polytechnic student from Rawang, Selangor, had her future dreams cut short when she lost both her parents to Covid-19 in a span of three days last month.

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