Kin of Long Covid victims can't get funeral assistance, MP claims
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PARLIAMENT | The next-of-kin of those who died of complications caused by Covid-19 have not been able to get help from the National Disaster Management Agency’s (Nadma) funeral assistance programme, Amiruddin Hamzah (Pejuang-Kubang Pasu) reportedly said.
According to a report by the health news portal CodeBlue yesterday, this is because the victims’ death certificate does not state Covid-19 as the cause of death.
“There are Long Covid patients who do die after recovering from Covid-19 – they go back home, they have...
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