Urgent: Special humanitarian crisis aid needed for Sabah, now

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MP SPEAKS | There is an urgent need for a special humanitarian crisis package for Sabah now, as some 29 people in the Borneo state may die from Covid-19 if we wait until the 2021 Budget is presented in Parliament next Friday, Nov 6.The third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Malaysia has claimed 102 lives in Sabah in the first 28 days of October, averaging a fatality rate of 3.64 lives daily – and if we wait for another eight days until Nov 6, we may see another 29.12 fatalities.In contrast, eight lives were lost in the rest of Malaysia during the past four weeks.Malaysia-wide, there were 30 fatalities for the five months from April 28, when Covid-19 claimed 100 fatalities, and on Sept 22, when the total of fatalities increased to 130.This state of vulnerability of Sabah to the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic is unacceptable and contrary to all the promises made during last mo…