Cabinet decision to pay 10.3 billion yen for new virus emergency response February 14 11:17
In response to the spread of the new coronavirus, the government will spend 10.3 billion yen this year's budget contingency to implement urgent countermeasures such as strengthening inspection and treatment systems at a cabinet meeting on March 14. I decided.
According to the report, more than 2.33 billion yen was required for inspection and health care, etc. to support those returning from Wuhan in China on a charter aircraft and passengers and crew members of cruise ships confirmed to be infected. It has been.
In addition, 3.4 billion yen will be allocated to strengthen border measures such as immigration inspection and quarantine, and 450 million yen will be subsidized to manufacturers who make capital investment to increase production of scarce masks.
In addition, in order to strengthen domestic infection control measures, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases has a system to greatly increase the number of specimens that can be judged at one time, as well as outpatients who examine suspected infections in each prefecture. And the cost of supporting it.
In addition, costs for developing test kits, antiviral drugs, and vaccines were included.
The government has decided to spend 10.3 billion yen from contingency in addition to executing this year's budget to promote such urgent countermeasures, bringing the total cost of the measures to 15.3 billion yen.
Deputy Prime Minister Aso and Finance Minister "Measures for changes in circumstances and measures according to urgency"
At a press conference after the Cabinet meeting on March 14, Aso, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, said on emergency response measures for the new coronavirus, `` We will steadily implement emergency response measures including the determined contingency and spread the virus domestically. We want to stop it and take urgent steps to respond to the affected industries. "
He said, "We must carefully assess changes in the future situation and take necessary measures one by one according to the degree of urgency." He stated that he would consider countermeasures according to the situation.