Kelantan will give RM300 to B40 families under quarantine

Kelantan Menteri Besar Ahmad Yakob today revealed initial details on the special RM5 million allocation announced yesterday to lighten the burden of the people affected by the Covid-19 outbreak

Ahmad, in a statement said it involved payment of RM300 per family for B40 patients who have to undergo home quarantine after being found positive for COVID-19.

"(Apart from that), there is a payment of RM300 for each family in the B-40 group for those who are undergoing quarantine at hospitals for Covid-19.

“There is also a payment of RM500 to the next-of-kin of Covid-19 victims who died which is not under the Kelantan Government Kifaalah Scheme,” he said in a statement in Kota Bahru today.

He said the payment would be given the family of the victim. - Bernama