PETALING JAYA: Finance minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz has been appointed as the coordinating minister for the national recovery plan, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) announced today.
In a statement, it said this decision was made at the first meeting of the special Cabinet committee on the national recovery plan today, which was chaired by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.
The PMO said Tengku Zafrul will be in charge of monitoring the implementation of the government’s strategies and assistance measures, while taking proactive steps according to the Covid-19 situation.
The special Cabinet committee on the recovery plan was set up to ensure the country exits the Covid-19 pandemic in phases and systematically while taking into account the existence of new more virulent variants of the virus.
The meeting also decided to strengthen cooperation among subject matter experts on health, economy and social matters to enable feedback and determine the effectiveness of measures to battle the pandemic, such as patient management in hospitals and vaccination of the population.
The inclusion of the role of these professionals, especially on health and economy, will ensure the government is on the right track in responding to the impact of the pandemic, the PMO said. - FMT
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