Strengthening healthcare, boosting R&D to be baked in

KUALA LUMPUR: Budget 2022 to be tabled in Parliament tomorrow will ensure continued efforts to strengthen the national healthcare system, including emphasising research and development (R&D), so that the country is prepared in the event of a new wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said Budget 2022 would also focus on protecting and restoring lives and livelihoods as well as rebuilding the country’s resilience and spurring more sustainable post-pandemic reforms.