Everyone is telling you how to NOT catch #coronavirus, but NO ONE is saying what to do if you get it.
每個人都在告訴您如何避免冠狀病毒，但是沒有人教你，如果不幸患上冠狀病毒，那應該怎麼辦。
Thanks to this nurse in the UK for putting this guide together:
感謝英國的這位護士整理以下的指引：
Finally, some sensible advice. From a GP Nurse in the UK.
終於，由這名英國的執業護士提供了這些明智的建議。
What I have seen a lot of are recommendations for how to try to avoid getting coronavirus in the first place: 我已經看過很多關於如何首要避免感染冠狀病毒的建議：
What I have seen a lot of are recommendations for how to try to avoid getting coronavirus in the first place:
我已經看過很多關於如何首要避免感染冠狀病毒的建議：
• good hand washing 勤洗手• personal hygiene 個人衛生• social distancing 社交距離
but what I have NOT seen a lot of is advice for what happens if you actually get it, which many of us will. So as your friendly neighborhood Nurse let me make some suggestions:
但是我沒有看到太多關於在感染冠狀病毒後該如何做的建議， 而我們很多人也有機會患上。所以作爲你的友好鄰里護士，我有一些建議：
If you get Covid-19 如果你感染了COVID-19
You basically just want to prepare as though you know you’re going to get a nasty respiratory bug, like bronchitis or pneumonia. You just have the foresight to know it might come your way!
基本上，您只是想做好準備，就好像您知道自己將要患上令人討厭的呼吸道病一樣，例如支氣管炎或肺炎。你只要想象你有機會感染COVID-19。
Things to start doing now: 從現在開始要做的事情：
1. Get 20 minutes sun on your entire body (or as much as possible) every day. This will dramatically increase your Vitamin D levels, which improves your immune system.
每天花20分鐘曬太陽（盡可能曬多點身體部位）。這將會大大提高體内維生素D的量， 以改善你的免疫系統。
2. If affordable take a good general supplement, plus 2000mg Vit C a day. Include ZINC, SELENIUM & GLUTATHIONE.
如果負擔得起，服用良好的功能營養，和每天攝取2000mg 維生素C。再配合鋅，硒和谷胱甘肽。
3. Scott’s Emulsion is a great general tonic (cod liver ooi)l
司各脫乳白是一款很好的普通補品（鰵魚肝油）
Things you should actually buy ahead of time: 您應該盡快購買的東西：
4. Kleenex
Paracetamol 對乙醯氨基酚
5. Cough medicine of choice (check the label and make sure you're not doubling up on Paracetamol)
止咳藥（檢查標籤確保您不會重覆服用對乙醯氨基酚）
Zinc lozenges 鋅錠
6. Throat spray like Andolex or TCP 喉嚨噴霧劑，如Andolex或TCP
7. Honey and lemon can work just as well! 蜂蜜和檸檬也可以！
8. Vicks vaporub for your chest is also a great suggestion. Vicks vaporub
維克斯舒緩薄荷膏對舒緩胸部不適也是一個很好的建議。
9. A humidifier would be a good thing to buy and use in your room when you go to bed overnight. (You can also just turn the shower on hot and sit in the bathroom breathing in the steam)
晚上睡覺時，在房間裡使用加濕器，是一件好事。 （您也可以打開淋浴，然後坐在浴室裡呼吸蒸汽）
10. If you have a history of asthma and you have a prescription inhaler, make sure the one you have isn’t expired and refill it/get a new one if necessary.
如果您有哮喘病史，並且有處方吸入器，請確保所用的吸入器沒有過期，並重新裝滿/如有必要，請重新購買。
11. Meals This is also a good time to meal prep: make a big batch of your favorite soup to freeze and have on hand.
用餐 這也是準備用餐的好時機：將一大批您喜歡的湯冷凍並準備好。
12. Hydrate hydrate, hydrate! Stock up on whatever your favorite clear fluids are to drink, though tap water is fine you may appreciate some variety!
水分，水分，水分！儲存你最喜歡的清澈液體，儘管自來水還可以，但您可能會喜歡各種各樣的產品！
13. For symptom management and a fever over 38°c take Paracetamol rather than Ibuprofen.
如有病徵或發燒超過38°c，服用撲熱息痛(Paracetamol)而不是布洛芬(Ibuprofen)。
14. Rest lots You should not be leaving your house! Even if you are feeling better you may will still be infectious for fourteen days and older people and those with existing health conditions should be avoided!
多休息 你不應該離開家！即使你病情好轉，14天內你仍可能具有傳染性，也應避免與老人家和身體狀況欠佳的人接觸！
15. Wear gloves and a mask to avoid contaminating others in your house
戴上手套和口罩，以免傳染家庭中的其他成員
16. Isolate in your bedroom if not living alone, ask friends and family to leave supplies outside to avoid contact.
如果不是一個人住，請隔離在臥室中，請親朋好友將用品留在外面，以避免接觸。
17. Sanitize your bed linen and clothes frequently by washing and clean your bathroom with recommended sanitizers.經常清洗並用推薦的消毒劑清潔您的床單和衣服。
18. You DO NOT NEED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL unless you are having trouble breathing or your fever is very high (over 39°C) and unmanaged with meds.
除非呼吸困難或發燒非常高（超過39°C）並且沒有藥物治療，否則您無需去醫院。
19. 90% of healthy adult cases thus far have been managed at home with basic rest/hydration/over-the-counter meds.迄今為止，已有90％的健康成人病例在家中接受了基本的休息/補水/非處方藥物治療。
20. If you are worried or in distress or feel your symptoms are getting worse:如果您擔心、緊張，或者感覺自己的症狀越來越嚴重：
21. Pre-existing risks If you have a pre-existing lung condition (COPD, emphysema, lung cancer) or are on immunosuppressants, now is a great time to talk to your Doctor or specialist about what they would like you to do if you get sick.
預先存在的風險 如果您患有預先存在的肺部疾病（慢性阻塞性肺病，肺氣腫，肺癌）或正在接受免疫抑製劑，現在是時候與您的醫生或專科醫生談談，了解你生病時他們的治療方案。
22. Children One major relief to you parents is that kids do VERY well with coronavirus, they usually bounce back in a few days (but they will still be infectious) Just use pediatric dosing .
兒童父母對您的最大安慰是，兒童對於冠狀病毒的治療效果非常好，他們通常會在幾天內反彈（但仍會感染），只需使用兒科劑量即可。
23. Be calm and prepare rationally and everything will be fine. This is to inform us all that the pH for corona virus varies from 5.5 to 8.5.
保持鎮靜，合理地準備，一切都會好起來的。這是要通知我們所有人，冠狀病毒的pH值在5.5到8.5之間變化。
24. All we need to do, to beat corona virus, we need to take more of an alkaline foods that are above the above pH level of the Virus.
為了戰胜冠狀病毒，我們需要做的所有事情都是需要攝取更多高於上述pH值以上的鹼性食品。Some of which are: 其中包括：
26. How do you know you have coronavirus?
你如何知道你有冠狀病毒？1. Itching in the throat 喉嚨痕癢2. Dry throat 喉嚨乾渴3. Dry couch 乾咳4. High temperature 高體溫5. Shortness of breath 呼吸短促6. Loss of sense of taste & smell 失去味覺、嗅覺7. Covid toes - toes turning blue/black Covid腳趾-腳趾變成藍色/黑色
27. So where you notice these things quickly take warm water with lemon and drink.
因此，如您注意到自己有這些徵狀，請迅速飲用溫檸檬水。
28. Do not keep this information to yourself only. Pass it to all your family and friends.
不要僅將此信息保留給自己。請將其傳遞給您的所有家人和朋友。
Find out the symptoms for Covid-19 and when to seek medical help in the infographic below:
US President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up as he steps off Air Force
One upon arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland yesterday. - The president has been the world’s biggest driver of Covid-19
misinformation during the pandemic, a study from Cornell University said on Thursday. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has been the world's biggest driver of Covid-19 misinformation during the pandemic, a study from Cornell University said on Thursday.
A team from the Cornell Alliance for Science evaluated 38 million articles published by English-language, traditional media worldwide between Jan 1 and May 26 of this year.
The database they used aggregates coverage from countries such as the United States, Britain, India, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and other African and Asian nations.
They identified 522,472 news articles that reproduced or amplified misinformation related to the coronavirus pandemic, or what the World Health Organisation has called the "infodemic."
These were categorised into 11 main sub-topics, ranging from conspiracy theories to attacks on top scientist Anthony Fauci to the idea that the virus is a bioweapon unleashed by China.
But the most popular topic by far was what the study authors termed "miracle cures," which appeared in 295,351 articles – more than the other 10 topics combined.
The authors found that comments by President Trump drove major spikes in the "miracle cures" topic, led by his April 24 press briefing where he mused on the possibility of using disinfectants inside the body to cure the coronavirus.
Similar spikes were seen when he promoted unproven treatments like hydroxychloroquine.
"We conclude therefore that the president of the United States was likely the largest driver of the Covid-19 misinformation 'infodemic,'" the team wrote.
Sarah Evanega, who led the study and is director of the Cornell Alliance for Science, said: "If people are misled by unscientific and unsubstantiated claims about the disease, they may be less likely to observe official guidance and thus risk spreading the virus."
Co-author Jordan Adams, a data analyst at Cision Insights that provided the database, added: "One of the more interesting aspects of the data collection process was discovering the staggering amount of misinformation coverage directly linked to the public comments of a small number of individuals."
After miracle cures, the second-most prevalent misinformation topic was that the pandemic was created to advance a "new world order."
Next came the claim that the pandemic was a hoax for political gain by the US Democratic Party, followed by conspiracies alleging the virus was a bioweapon released by a laboratory in Wuhan, China.
Conspiracy theories linking the pandemic to philanthropist Bill Gates came next, then the hoax that Covid-19 symptoms are caused by 5G phone networks, anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and the notion that the virus is a form of population control.
Attacks on US government scientist Fauci, references to the debunked "Plandemic" video, and blaming the virus on Chinese people consuming bat soup rounded off the list.
The study's authors tracked how the stories were shared on social media, finding that the posts elicited 36 million engagements, three-quarters of them on Facebook.
The research was partly funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. - AFP
Whenever people face a huge loss in life — like a sudden divorce or death of a family member — they go through five stages of grief. These stages are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally acceptance. The U.S. is about to lose its top spot as the biggest economy and is, in a textbook manner, going through the same stages.
Denial: Some people like Kishore Mahbubani predicted twenty years ago that China will eventually be the leading economic powerhouse. But Americans chose denial and laughed at the concept. The popular beliefs behind the denials were:
China’s economy will collapse any moment now!
China will eventually become just like the West and then we will have nothing to worry about.
China is a totalitarian, communist country. They don’t understand capitalism or free market, and thus will never be rich.
China can never innovate. The workers are just slaves and bots.
China makes only crappy products and thus can never compete with western brands.
As soon as Chinese people travel to the West and see how glorious the West is, they will go back to China and overthrow the tyrannical and corrupt communist government.
China’s GDP numbers and other stats are fake!
China’s patents and scientific publications are of low quality.
Chinese products will never succeed outside China.
We can always nuke China and maintain our hegemony.
COVID19 will surely bring China down. And all the countries will start decoupling from China.
Alas, none of those happened. China miraculously kept advancing. Without a single recession in forty years, the engine of China kept roaring. China’s communist party grew the GDP 50x in forty years, lifted 800 million people out of poverty, created the world’s largest middle class, fostered innovative companies, and built a vibrant and all-around successful society. (See my blog on China’s global leadership)..
Anger: After denying reality for a while, people become angry. They feel like victims and start blaming others. That’s exactly what’s been happening, especially since Trump came to office. The anger is reflected in following ways:
China stole America’s jobs.
China stole intellectual property from the U.S. (after all, Chinese can’t innovate, remember?)
Chinese are spies and hackers.
China doesn’t buy anything from us.
China doesn’t treat U.S. corporations fairly. China is too protectionist.
China subsidizes its corporations. Not fair!
China made the coronavirus in the Wuhan lab. China tricked us into a lock down.
China bad, China bad, China bad!
Bargaining: This is the hopeful phase. It’s like saying after the divorce, “Maybe I can get my wife back.” This phase is not always benign; it can involve a lot of ruthless scheming as seen in the last four years:
If we can just force China to buy more from us, we can eliminate trade deficit and make America great again.
Tariffs will cripple China and also force American companies to bring manufacturing jobs back.
If we just arrest Huawei’s CFO and kill the company with sanctions, China will bend its knee.
Let’s go on an all-out attack on every successful Chinese company. That should do the trick!
Let’s use Hong Kong and Uyghur separatists to disrupt China. How about using India and Taiwan to start a war?
None of these seem to be working, although military conflicts are possible (with devastating impact on global economy). America’s tech war will only spur more Chinese innovation and self-reliance.
Depression and Acceptance: We are not here yet. The U.S. is still trying hard to stop China, rather than planning for an inevitable post-American era, which will start within five years. The geopolitically smart strategy will be to skip the stage of depression and go to acceptance. That will translate to embracing multilateralism and partnering with China, EU and Russia to forge a multi-polar world order for the 21st century. However, with so much Sinophoba and hubris in the U.S., no politician or think tank will dare propose such a solution. So … get ready for American depression.
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Strong words are being hurled at each other but there is calibration in the cursing.
THERE’S this memorable anecdote in Mario Puzo’s crime classic, The Godfather, where the mafia don from New York sends his henchman to reason with a Hollywood mogul who is standing in the way of his godson getting a film role perfect for him in every way, except that he has alienated the studio big shot who now hates his guts.
Where words fail, more potent nudges are sometimes needed – in this case, a horse’s head placed in the studio chief’s bedroom while he is asleep, blood and reedy tendons included, did the trick. It persuaded the man that the favour requested, and declined, is serious business. And thus he yields, shouting invectives and threats at the actor and his Italian origins, the consigliere who had reached out to him with the initial contact on behalf of his boss, and the mafia.
But not a word against the Godfather, himself. Genius, writes Puzo, has its rewards.
There’s no special genius, and even less reward, in the acrimonious exchanges that are causing a tailspin in ties between the world’s two biggest military powers and economies.
If anything, it bespeaks dangerous brinkmanship as a once-overwhelmingly dominant hegemon confronts a resolute challenger now picking a cue or two from its own playbook on how to throw weight around.
Nevertheless, the curses the movie mogul held back from uttering came to mind as I checked around the region about the goings-on at the Asean Ministerial Meeting and related meetings with dialogue partners hosted earlier this month by Vietnam.
Perhaps the two warring sides were mildly cramped by the fact that the conference did not take place in a single hall but over video link. Even so, while both the United States and China did robustly put forth their positions, each seemed to be taking care to keep the attacks from getting too immoderate.
Indeed, the rare frisson, according to Asian diplomats privy to the talks, came when China’s Vice-Foreign Minister Luo Zhaohui, standing in for Foreign Minister Wang Yi, dropped an acid comment about “drunken elephants in the room”.
Faint light at the end of the dark tunnel of US-China ties? Maybe not. But then again, maybe.
Some cultures, particularly in Asia, teach their young that even insults have to be measured; if you spit up at a person high above you, the mucus falls back on yourself. If you do that to someone far below you, it is a waste of time to descend so low. Insults have to be exchanged between equals. But most important of all, never insult so completely that the door to a reconciliation is closed forever. Perhaps that’s what we are witnessing.
A real estate and casino mogul before he ran for his first elected office, which happened to be the US presidency, the New York-born and raised Donald Trump, whose most trusted counsel is close family, has ordered his administration to pile on his strategic adversary the most intense pressure seen in a halfcentury. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has enthusiastically fallen in line, as have his key deputies, including Max Pottinger. Other arms of US government such as the Pentagon have fallen in line as well.
In July, two aircraft carrier groups led by the USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan conducted war games in the South China Sea, joined by subsurface vessels and nuclear-armed bombers. Technology links built up over decades are being torn apart like the wanton act of a child and within the US, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is putting Chinese nationals and Americans of Chinese ethnicity under unprecedented scrutiny.
Trump’s long arm has even snatched Meng Wanzhou, the powerful daughter of the Huawei founder, one of China’s most respected tech tycoons.
Chinese diplomats and media have pushed back, and unfeelingly for a nation where the virus was first identified, sometimes suggesting that the US could learn a lesson or two from Beijing on how to control a pandemic. Also mocked at have been the racial tensions and the rioting that have scarred the US in the wake of the pandemic and the resultant economic hardship.
Nevertheless, through it all, most of the US vitriol has targeted the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), not the Chinese nation.
In a landmark speech in July at the Nixon Presidential Library, Pompeo declared that the “free world must triumph over this new tyranny”. At the Asean forum earlier this month, he underlined US “commitment to speak out in the face of the Chinese Communist Party’s escalating aggression and threats to sovereign nations”.
This week, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs David Stilwell began his testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee by saying he was there to “discuss the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party to the US and the global order” in three geographical regions, before going on to say that “it is now clear to us, and to more and more countries around the world, that the CCP under general secretary Xi Jinping... seeks to disrupt and reshape the international environment around the narrow self-centred interests and authoritarian values of a single beneficiary, the Chinese Communist Party”.
Just as the US has tried to separate the CCP from the Chinese people, Trump and Xi have been careful to not throw barbs directly at each other.
Indeed, Trump has claimed to have a “tremendous relationship” with Xi and he has described Xi as a “man who truly loves his country” and is “extremely capable”. He has also stressed that the two will be friends “no matter what happens with our dispute on trade”, and he also has spoken of his liking and “great respect” for China. On the other side, Chinese anger seems to be largely directed at Pompeo, rather than his boss.
At a recent panel discussion I moderated for the FutureChina Global Forum, I asked Professor Randall Kroszner, former member of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System and who currently serves on the advisory board of the Paulson Institute, which works to promote US-China ties, whether he saw wiggle room for a patch-up after the election.
“Ultimately, there’s an understanding that major economic and military powers need to have connections, need to be able to talk and work with each other,” Prof Kroszner responded.
“There is a lot of manoeuvring and posturing that’s going on right now, but I don’t think anyone wants to burn any bridges. They want to make sure the bridges are still there, even if there are some blockades now.
“(That said) I don’t see those obstacles being removed right now.”
For now, of course, it does look as though things will get worse before they get better.
In July, the US shifted position on the South China Sea, proclaiming that it held as illegal all of China’s claims outside its territorial waters. This has emboldened some, Vietnam and the Philippines particularly, to be more assertive with China over the South China Sea dispute.
Still, some in Asean suspect a certain fakery in all this, a sense that a lot of the noise coming from the US is mere posturing. There are few illusions about China either.
Indeed, the lull in assertive Chinese behaviour in the South China Sea witnessed in the lead-up to the Asean ministerial meet and forums is generally seen as nothing more than temporary easing of pressure to get a “good meeting”.
Malaysian Foreign Minister Hishammuddin Hussein spoke for many when he said the South China Sea issue “must be managed and resolved in a rational manner” and Asean has to “look at all avenues, all approaches, to ensure our region is not complicated further by other powers”.
Indeed, some even think Trump is capable of doing a deal with Beijing the week after election day, should he win.
Already, the latest iteration of the TikTok deal is being called by some analysts as a watered-down version of what Trump originally sought to demand, something that had been on the table months ago, although it is not quite clear if China could live with it.
Likewise, it is not lost that China has held back on announcing its own blacklist of US firms – “unreliable entity list” as it is called, although its intentions were announced more than a year ago.
Beijing is said to be staying its hand to both not exacerbate tensions, as well as to wait for the US election results. While the document explaining the unreliable entity list is 1,500 characters long, the attached clarifications are double in length – suggesting much of this is shadow play.
If a deal needs to be made, the Pompeos and Pottingers can always be switched out and more moderate voices brought in; Trump does not shrink from letting people go. Indeed, given that he is said to harbour ambitions about a 2024 presidential run, it might even help Pompeo’s political career to be made a casualty of a rapprochement with China, so he can distance himself from the deal.
Still, it hardly needs to be said that Trump is capable of busting every code in the book, spoken or unspoken. With the election looming and his own standing in pre-election surveys not looking too promising, he let fly this week at the United Nations, returning to his “China virus” theme, boasting about three US-developed vaccines in Phase III trials, and the unprecedented rearmament of America under his watch. America’s weapons, he declared, “are at an advanced level, like we’ve never had before, like, frankly, we’ve never even thought of having before”.
Judging from Chinese media, Beijing read it for what it was; while made to a global audience, the speech was targeted at the domestic voting public. Nevertheless, it did not go without a response.
An editorial comment in the Global Times on Wednesday reminded Trump that the “hysterical attack on China violated the diplomatic etiquette a top leader is supposed to have”.
In short, never omit to leave that bit of margin for a future reconciliation.
by Ravi Velloor, is an associate editor at The Straits Times, a member of the Asia News Network (ANN) which is an alliance of 24 news media entities. The Asian Editors Circle is a series of commentaries by editors and contributors of ANN.
Trump's speech jeopardized the atmosphere of this UN
General Assembly, and threw the assembly's theme astray. His hysterical
attack on China violated the diplomatic etiquette a top leader is
supposed to have. This means Washington elites do not take the UN into
consideration and pay no heed to diplomacy.
Both Xi and Trump addressed the General Debate on Tuesday
with pre-recorded videos. Xi emphasized unity and cooperation, while
Trump mentioned China 12 times, making the country his most outstanding
stunt. Judging from such different performances, it is easy to tell
which side was more reliable. If the 21st century would finally become a
century of divisions, the US ruling elites shall be regarded as the
sinners of history.
As strong as the US is, it's not a country that serves
its people heart and soul. That's why the coronavirus is so ravaging in
the world's most developed country.
Foreign Minister Wang was furious and seriously warned the United States that 2 million troops are ready at any time?
1. At the press conference, a reporter asked Wang Yi, a spokesperson for the outreach ministry: US President Trump wanted to send his own investigator to China to investigate the epidemic-related situation. If China has deliberate responsibility for the spread of the virus, Need to bear the consequences, do you have any comments?
2. Wang Yi’s answer: The virus is the common enemy of all mankind and may appear at any time and anywhere. Like other countries, China has been attacked by the new coronavirus and is the victim, not the perpetrator, nor the virus. "accomplice".
At that time, H1N1 flu was first diagnosed in the United States and broke out in a large area, spreading to 214 countries and regions, resulting in the death of nearly 200,000 people. Has anyone asked the United States to compensate?
In the 1980s, AIDS was first discovered in the United States and quickly spread to the world, causing pain to many people and many families. Has anyone sought compensation from the United States?
The financial turmoil that occurred in the United States in 2008, Lehman Brothers went bankrupt, and eventually evolved into a global financial crisis. Does anyone demand compensation from the United States?
The United States must be clear that their enemy is a virus, not China.
3. Wang Yi went on to say: If Trump and Pompeo were not guilty of geriatric madness, then they should be clear that China is not the one that was allowed to be trampled on by the "eight-nation coalition", nor is China even Iraq. Venezuela, not Syria, is not where you want to come, what you want to check.
China is not guilty, but you are not qualified, nor are you qualified! In the early stage of the epidemic, we took the initiative to invite WHO and Chinese experts to conduct a joint inspection in the epidemic area, and put forward preliminary inspection results on the outbreak and spread of new coronavirus.
The investigation request made by Trump is purely unreasonable and is a manifestation of hegemony. They override the United States above international organizations and all humankind, and it seems that only they can be trusted. But is the United States really credible? Iraq and Venezuela are a lesson.
4. We have to warn Trump that if we want to calculate China's abacus, it is better to think about it. Because 1.4 billion people will not agree, China's 2 million army is not a decoration, but China's steel Great Wall. China's Dongfeng missiles are not used to rake, but to fight dog jackals.
China's nuclear submarines are not used to travel on the seabed, but to combat uninvited guests. Chinese nuclear weapons are not used to frighten anyone, but from self-defense. Anyone who wants to taste something, think about it, you tell me.
5. We want to warn Trump that if China wants compensation, it will count from the time when the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China, until the cases that Wang Yi has just proposed are counted together. You have to compensate the old historical accounts of China and the world.
6. Now China is in a very good position in the world, the first to control the new coronary pneumonia, the first to enter the stage of economic recovery, and now it is to increase horsepower to export anti-epidemic materials to the world, China is catching up with the total economy The time to go beyond the United States is also greatly advanced. This is unacceptable to Trump. The United States has been dragged into the quagmire by Trump. At this time, Trump wants to make China and the world feel better. Harmfulness is indispensable, anti-Trumping indispensability is absolutely indispensable, and wicked people have their own harvest!
I hope that every Chinese can turn this article out so that our China becomes stronger and stronger and support all patriotic groups.
Govt introduces special assistance 'Kita Prihatin' package
The Perikatan Nasional government has introduced a special assistance initiative package known as 'Kita Prihatin'.
In
a special address on national television on Wednesday, Prime Minister
Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the Prihatin economic stimulus package
involves RM295bil or 20% of the GDP.
ETALING JAYA: The government has introduced several new initiatives worth RM10bil to help people weather the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Kita Prihatin package is an additional stimulus to previous government initiatives such as the RM35bil Pelan Jana Semula Ekonomi Negara (Penjana) announced in June and the RM260bil Prihatin package in March.
Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said while the figures showed that there was economic recovery, new initiatives were needed as many were still facing difficulties.
He said the Wage Subsidy Programme 2.0 was targeted at firms seeing a drop in revenue of up to 30% compared to last year since the recovery movement control order (MCO).
A wage subsidy of RM600 monthly will be given to a maximum of 200 employees each for three months, with applications to be open from Oct 1 until Dec 31 this year.
The Prime Minister said he received feedback that many companies were not eligible for the scheme because they had not registered with the Social Security Organisation (Socso) before April 1.
He said to ensure they were not left behind, the second scheme would be open to companies that registered with Socso before Aug 31.
“For new applications that did not receive assistance under the Wage Subsidy Scheme programme, they will be eligible for subsidies for up to six months, ” he said yesterday in a special address to announce the initiatives.
He said the implementation of the programme was expected to benefit 1.3 million workers with an allocation of RM2.4bil.
Muhyiddin also announced a Special Prihatin Grant (GKP) to help micro businesses that were facing financial difficulties because of the pandemic.
He said it would be open to business owners registered with the Companies Commission of Malaysia or with local authorities before Aug 31, with payments to be made from Nov 25.
“The reopening of this initiative is expected to benefit over 200,000 micro businesses, with an allocation of almost RM600mil, ” he said.
Another RM7bil in cash aid under Bantuan Prihatin Nasional (BPN) 2.0 would be channelled to 10.6 million recipients, said Muhyiddin.
He said RM1,000 would be given to 3.7 million families in the B40 category, RM500 to 3.8 million single folk in the B40 group, RM600 to 1.4 million M40 families, and RM300 to 1.7 million singles in the M40 group.
The payments will be made in two batches – at the end of October this year and in January next year.
“There will be no need to apply for BPN 2.0. The government will channel aid directly
to the 10.6 million recipients who were approved previously.
“To those who are eligible but never received BPN, the government will give them a chance to appeal and submit new applications.
“I hope that with this additional assistance, you can breathe a sigh of relief in covering the daily expenses for you and your family, ” he said.
Muhyiddin also appealed to the public to reject the actions of several politicians whom he claimed wanted to undermine the political stability and the nation’s ongoing economic recovery plan.
He said the country needed a stable and strong government with the support of the public.
“This is important so that more initiatives to restore the economy and help the people can be implemented effectively by the government, ” he said.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on Bantuan Prihatin Nasional (BPN) 2.0
Q What is BPN 2.0?
A It is an extra aid provided by the Government for the B40 and M40 to reduce their financial burden due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The issuance of BPN 2.0 is based on the BPN 2020 database comprising a list of 10.6 million previously approved recipients.
Q Who is eligible to receive BPN 2.0?
A BPN 2.0 recipients will be those who previously received the last payment of BPN 2020.
Q Do I need to apply for BPN 2.0?
A You do not need to apply for BPN 2.0 if you have previously received the last payment of BPN 2020.
Q Can I submit a new application if I have not been listed as a recipient of BPN 2.0?
A New applications for BPN 2.0 can be made starting Oct 15, 2020.
B. Payment of BPN 2.0
Q How much is the payout that will be given for BPN 2.0?
A The amount of payout will be as follows:
> B40 household earning less than RM4,000:
First phase=RM700; Second phase=RM300; Total=RM1,000 >
M40 household earning between RM4,001 and RM8,000:
First phase=RM400; Second phase=RM200; Total=RM600
> B40 singles earning less than RM2,000:
First phase=RM350; Second phase=RM150; Total=RM500
> M40 singles earning between RM2,001 and RM4,000:
First phase=RM200; Second phase=RM100; Total=RM300
Q When will BPN 2.0 payouts be made?
A First phase will be at the end of October 2020. Second phase will be in January 2021.
Q How will BPN 2.0 payouts be made?
A i. Those with active bank accounts - the payment will be credited into the account number listed in the BPN 2020 database.
ii. Those with inactive or closed bank accounts - claim the cash at a Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN) branch.
iii. Those with no bank accounts - claim the cash at a BSN branch.
Q How will BSN 2.0 payouts be made for recipients in the interiors of Sabah and Sarawak?
Payments for recipients with no bank accounts living in the interiors of Sabah and Sarawak will start in January 2021.
Q Can I update my personal details such as my bank account that is no longer active?
A Updating bank account information is not allowed because the payment method for BPN 2.0 will be the same as the payment method of the previous BPN 2020 (refer to the answer for question 7).
Q If the payout was made to an inactive or incorrect bank account, what should I do?
A You can claim the cash at a BSN branch after the serial number has appeared. You can check your application status via the official BPN portal at https://bpn.hasil.gov.my
C. Status check
Q When and how can I check my application status for BPN 2.0?
A Recipients who are eligible to receive BPN 2.0 can check their status starting Oct 15 via the official portal at https://bpn. hasil.gov.my
Q What should I do if I forget my password to log into the portal and what if I fail to answer the security question?
A You need to wait for 10 minutes before attempting to answer the security question again. If you still fail to answer, you can contact the Hasil Care Line (HCL) at 03- 89111000 to reset your account and security question or contact the nearest IRB branch.
D. Other matters
Q Based on my status check, I was approved as a recipient in the M40 category for BPN 2020. Can I appeal to be a recipient in the B40 category for BPN 2.0?
A The BPN 2.0 qualification category is based on the final approval for BPN 2020.
Q I was a BPN 2020 recipient under the singles category but I am now married. Am I eligible to receive BPN 2.0 under the household category?
A You can submit a new application or appeal starting Oct 15, 2020 under the household category if you meet all the criteria.
Q I was married to a BPN 2020 recipient under the household category but I am now divorced. Am I eligible to receive BPN 2.0 under the single mother or father category?
A You can submit a new application/appeal starting Oct 15, 2020 under the single mother or father category if you meet all the criteria.
Q I am single and will turn 21 years old in 2021. If I am not yet 21 years old at the time that the application opens up, am I eligible to apply?
A Those born in 1999 or before are eligible to apply.
Q I received BPN 2020 previously and now wish to reject BPN 2.0. How can I return the cash aid?
A You can do the following: i. Submit a letter to the Finance Ministry stating your full name, MyKad number and reason for returning the cash aid.
ii. Come up with a bank draft or cheque addressed to the Accountant General of Malaysia according to the amount being returned.
iii. The letter and bank draft or cheque must then be submitted to the Finance Ministry at the following address:
Pejabat Belanjawan Negara, Kementerian Kewangan Malaysia, Presint 2, 62592 Putrajaya.
by Ravi Velloor, is an associate editor at The Straits Times, a member of the Asia News Network (ANN) which is an alliance of 24 news media entities. The Asian Editors Circle is a series of commentaries by editors and contributors of ANN.
