PETALING JAYA: The government on average spends more than RM300 on each Malaysian for Covid-19 related expenses based on its current population of 32.7 million people, says the Finance Ministry.
In line with the amendments to increase the Kumpulan Wang Covid-19 (KWC-19) ceiling limit from RM65bil to RM110bil, the ministry said the government raised the expenditure for Covid-19 related spending programmes from RM5bil to RM9bil to ensure that there was enough allocation provided for Covid-19 related issues.
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