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Singapore allocates $4.5 billion to deal with economic impact of coronavirus outbreak

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Singapore, Feb 18 (EFE/EPA).- The government of Singapore on Tuesday announced a special budget allocation of funds worth SGD 6.4 billion ($4.59 billion) to deal with the health and economic crisis caused by the outbreak of the new coronavirus."When the economy was recovering from the effects of the commercial war, the coronavirus has impacted ... tourism, aviation and other sectors," Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat told the parliament in a session while presenting the 2020 budget.The funds were added as an additional measure in the budget amid rising alarm over the disease — named COVID-19 by the World Health Organization — after 77 people cases were confirmed in Singapore. (Camera: WALLACE WOON/HOW HWEE YOUNG).B-ROLL OF PEOPLE WEAR PROTECTIVE MASKS ON THE STREETS OF SINGAPORE.

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