Not all entitled to Covid-19 special allowance, rue medical staff

Shakira Buang, Haziqah JasmaniPublished: Apr 22, 2020 7:49 AM | Updated: Apr 24, 2020 11:45 AM

CORONAVIRUS | Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced that healthcare frontliners battling the Covid-19 outbreak will receive a special allowance of RM600 per month under the government's stimulus package.

However, medical staff told Malaysiakini that not all of them are entitled to receive the allowance or the full sum.

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