China allocates 500 mln yuan to Shaanxi for epidemic control

China's Ministry of Finance has allocated 500 million yuan (about 78.42 million U.S. dollars) to northwest China's Shaanxi Province to support the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic.

On Saturday, Shaanxi reported 123 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of local cases in the latest resurgence to more than 1,590.

Since the outbreak on Dec. 9, Xi'an, the provincial capital, has registered a total of 1,573 local cases.