A Dawbon Township resident receives K20,000 from a local administrator under the government's cash transfer programme on July 25. (Nyein Su Wai Kyaw Soe | Frontier)
A Dawbon Township resident receives K20,000 from a local administrator under the government's cash transfer programme on July 25. (Nyein Su Wai Kyaw Soe | Frontier)

Millions of families receive first cash handouts under COVID-19 relief scheme

Millions of the nation’s most vulnerable families are receiving cash handouts totalling K40,000 to alleviate the impact of COVID-19, but some appear to be falling through the cracks.

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