China Offers Allowances To Over 400,000 Children In Need Amid Epidemic
42,000 orphans and 190,000 unattended children in China have received financial aid and psychological assistance amid the epidemic.
Saturday 11 April 2020 | 08:48
A medical staff holds a 14-month-old baby recovered from novel coronavirus pneumonia before his discharge from the Wuhan Children's Hospital in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 13, 2020. (Wuhan Children's Hospital/provided to Xinhua)
A total of 242,000 orphans and 190,000 unattended children in China have received special allowances offered by the government amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, said China's Ministry of Civil Affairs Friday.
The expanded coverage of the allowance scheme and raised allowance standards will considerably ease the pressure on the children in need amid the epidemic, said Yi Peizhuang, an official with the ministry, at a press conference.
The ministry has mobilized local childcare workers to find and help nearly 400 children left unattended due to the outbreak, which has battered the economy and disrupted life and trade, according to Yi.
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Yi said the ministry has also helped with the online study of these children and engaged volunteers, social workers and organizations to offer them psychological assistance amid the epidemic.
