Good News From Malang Regency, 200,108 Families Affected By The COVID-19 Pandemic Receive 10 Kg Of Rice

Malang Regent M Sanusi checks the rice to be distributed to families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Malang Regency Government in East Java Province has begun to distribute rice assistance from the Ministry of Social Affairs to 200,108 families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in their area. Malang Regent M Sanusi said that the recipients of 10 kg of rice per family included 90,433 families receiving the Family Hope Program. (PKH) and 109,675 families receiving cash social assistance (BST). According to him, the district government dispatched 19 trucks to deliver 123 tons of rice for the first distribution of rice aid from the Ministry of Social Affairs. with the farthest area. The data is already at the Malang Regency Social Service," he said, as reported by Antara, August 2. The farthest areas he meant were Ampelgading District and Tirtoyudo District. absorbed by Perum Bulog Malang Branch from farmers in the Regency area en Malang.

The government distributes rice donations to ease the burden on residents during the implementation of community activity restrictions (PPKM) to control the transmission of COVID-19. "This assistance aims to help ease the burden on people in need," said Sanusi. ​In the Malang Regency area, up to now there are 9,816 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 6,337 patients who have recovered and 429 patients who died.