Covid-19: Health Ministry’s support hotline receives over 100,000 calls seeking counselling


PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry has received more than 100,000 calls seeking counselling and emotional support this year alone.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the ministry’s psychosocial support hotline had received 122,328 calls from Jan 1 to June 18.

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