vulnerable groups

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that children from wealthy families still benefit from govt-funded educational facilities over the poor.

The virus has now been identified in more than 50 new countries outside the countries in Africa where it is endemic.

The government would focus on facilitating employment, re-employment, and social protection as well as targeted assistance to provide the optimum social safety net for vulnerable groups.

The coordination of care centre registration will be among the key issues that will be addressed by the Special Cabinet Committee for Protecting Vulnerable Groups.

A Special Cabinet Committee for Protecting Vulnerable Groups has been set up to safeguard the welfare of these people, especially children, persons with disabilities (PwD), women and senior citizens.

The government will review the fuel and cooking oil subsidy mechanism so that it will be more targeted towards aiding and subsidising the vulnerable groups and those who really need help.

RM23 billion will be allocated for the COVID-19 Fund in 2022 with the bulk of allocation to be provided for cash assistance, social support to vulnerable groups and Wage Subsidy Programme.

Ras Adiba said people with albinism are among the vulnerable groups who were often forgotten.

Free volunteer services are also offered through the initiative for the elderly, the disabled and the needy, to get to vaccination centres.

A total of 2.8 million high-risk informal workers will lose their source of income if a full-scale Movement Control Order (MCO) is implemented, said Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

AMM has urged the government to clarify where high-risk groups fall on the priority list in the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme.

COVID-19 vaccination mobile units will be activated to vaccinate senior citizens and vulnerable groups who are too frail to go to a vaccination centre.

As women are among the vulnerable groups affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, a special action plan for women and families during the pandemic needs to be developed immediately.

In its plans, the government should also prioritise locations with dense populations as they carry higher risk of COVID-19 transmissions, said Prof Datuk Dr Subramaniam Muniandy.

MoH hopes that the community will continue to play a role in protecting the vulnerable in the fight against COVID-19 in 2021.

The draft finance deal criticised by both developed and developing nations.

This was following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.

Kelantan has reminded the public in the state to refrain from outdoor activities with the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon season.

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was given a global leadership award by the United Nations Foundation.

The decision of the ICC to issue arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant is apt, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KTMB will provide two additional ETS trains for the KL Sentral-Padang Besar route and return trips in conjunction with the holidays.

Malaysia's international reserves rose to US$118.0 billion as at Nov 15, 2024, up from US$117.6 billion on Oct 30, 2024.

The findings announced are part of a years-long study of the history of the cosmos focusing upon dark energy.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) wishes to offer the following clarifications to the issues raised.

The Online Safety Advocacy Group (OSAG) stands united with people in Malaysia in the fight against serious online harms.