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...