China's finance ministry said on Sunday all levels of government had alloca...
Medical workers in protective suits attend to novel coronavirus patients at the intensive care unit of a designated hospital in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 6, 2020. Picture taken February 6, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS
BEIJING - China’s finance ministry said on Sunday all levels of government had allocated a total of 71.85 billion yuan as of Saturday afternoon to fight coronavirus. The ministry will deploy the funds to ensure that members of public can afford diagnosis and treatment, it said in a statement on its website.
The funds will also be used to ensure that efforts of every region to fight the virus are not hampered by financial constraints, it added.
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