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...