‘Unity will help us beat pandemic’


Welcome aid: Ismail Sabri (right) handing over food aid to a representative of the Kerinchi PPR in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur. — AZHAR MAHFOF/ The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Let us all come together to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri urged Malaysians.“Right now, our focus must be on helping people who are facing difficulties and on strategies to combat the pandemic,” he told reporters after visiting the Kerinchi People’s Housing Project (PPR) here, which was placed under the enhanced movement control order.

He said each MP in the 222 parliamentary constituencies had been allocated with RM300,000 to distribute food aid to those in need in their respective areas.

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