Several countries and charitable organizations are sending supplies and funding to assist in the global fight against the coronavirus outbreak.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation offered $100 million to support response efforts in vulnerable countries, said the director general of the World Health Organization yesterday.
The US government has sent supplies to Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak. Recent flights sent to evacuate US citizens out of Wuhan also brought medical supplies and other goods, donated by faith-based groups, said a government official.
The West African country of Equatorial Guinea also pledged $2 million to China in a show of "solidarity," according to local media reports.
WHO request: The World Health Organization is requesting $675 million to fund a new response plan for the next three months.
“$675 million is a lot of money, but it is much less than the bill we will face if we do not invest in preparedness now," said the director general yesterday. "Once again, we cannot defeat this outbreak without solidarity – political solidarity, technical solidarity and financial solidarity."