Hong Kong increases funds to tackle virus

18/2/2020 10:57

        Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the government would increase handouts to tackle the coronavirus outbreak to HK$28 billion($3.60 billion) from HK$25 billion pledged previously, to ease the impact on the Chinese-ruled city's battered economy. Lam last week had said the government would give one-off payments to businesses across the city and the Hospital Authority.