Australia to allocate about half a million dollars to fight COVID-19
Baku, May 6, AZERTAC
Australia will allocate more than $ 450 million to fight coronavirus and search for a vaccine, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said in a statement on his website, according to Corona 24 News.
“Today Australia is allocating Australian $ 352 million (US $ 227 million) for worldwide efforts to control COVID-19 and finding a vaccine. We provide Australian $ 15 million (US $ 9.7 million) to help develop COVID-19 vaccines. and diagnostics for the Epidemic Preparedness Coalition and the Innovative New Diagnostics Foundation, ”said Morrison.
In addition, he also emphasized that Australia is allocating Australian $ 337 million (US $ 217 million) to fund coronavirus research on vaccines, diagnosis, therapy and respiratory diseases.
The World Health Organization on March 11 announced an outbreak of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 with a pandemic. According to the latest WHO data, more than 3.43 million cases of infection have been recorded in the world, about 240 thousand people have died.
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