As Covid-19 forces care homes to close, MP demands Rina take action

The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry has been urged to act on the government's apparent policy of neglecting the elderly in care homes in the National Covid-19 vaccination programme.

In a statement today, Batu Kawan MP Kasthuri Patto (above) said three such facilities in Penang have been forced to close due to Covid-19 and there was a risk of further spread.

She warned that without intervention, Malaysia will risk the fate suffered by Italy, France, Spain, Britain and India where many died of Covid-19 while...