AWANI Pagi membawakan kemaskini terkini mengenai berita COVID-19 didalam dan luar negara yang dilaporkan di www.astroawani.com bersama Afiezy Azaman dan Hafizi Rosli.

Kerajaan berharap contoh kisah Mak Cik Kiah memberi kelegaan khususnya kepada keluarga dari golongan B40, M40 dalam tempoh tiga bulan menghadapi suasana sukar.

Biggest news of the day is of course, the announcement of what the government calls, the ‘People-Centric Economic Stimulus’, or the Prihatin Package. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Finance Minister, Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz.

Whether it is ‘survival package’ or a stimulus package’, will this be enough to keep SMEs afloat, against a backdrop of falling demand and a global slowdown? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz, Finance Minister.

While the pandemic is a global crisis, national governments will have to deal with its economic impact individually.  Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Firas Raad, World Bank Group Representative to Malaysia, to put the Prihatin Package in comparative perspective.

Pakatan Harapan today released a statement following the announcement by the Prime Minister, both welcoming its “conciliatory” tone but had its own criticisms. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Wong Chen, PKR Member of Parliament for Subang for his personal take on the Prihatin Package.

Menteri Kewangan, Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Aziz, berpendapat bahawa pelaksanaan adalah penting. Ini kerana, sekiranya pelaksanaan pakej Pakej Rangsangan Ekonomi Prihatin Rakyat atau PRIHATIN tidak efektif, bermakna apa yang dirancangkan dalam pakej tersebut tidak akan berjaya.

Kerajaan memutuskan PKPD dilaksanakan di kedua-dua lokasi berikutan jumlah kes positif COVID-19 yang tinggi di kawasan terbabit iaitu sebanyak 61 kes.

PKPD ini melibatkan seramai 3,570 penduduk tempatan yang terdiri daripada 650 keluarga.

Jumlah keseluruhan kes COVID-19 di Malaysia sebanyak 2,161 kes pada Jumaat, 130 kes baharu dan 54 di ICU

Perdana Menteri Britain, Boris Johnson disahkan positif COVID -19.

Perkara itu diakui sendiri oleh Johnson dalam satu perkongsian video di akaun Twitter nya sebentar tadi