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Coronavirus: Malaysia unveils US$3.7 billion aid package as cases surge; Japan’s Suga vows to get country ‘back to normal’
Malaysia unveiled a 15 billion ringgit (US$3.7 billion) Covid-19 aid package on Monday to help the economy weather the impact from a fresh surge in virus cases.The plan – the first stimulus the government has announced this year – helps bolster the measures in place to help people blunt the economic impact of the pandemic, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said in a televised address.The measures come a week after Malaysia declared a state of emergency, allowing the government to enact immediate…