Economics
Japan’s Abe Seeks to Defuse Virus Criticism With Cash, Testing
- $2.5 billion package to include help for those who lose income
- Abe says he’ll do best to expand Japan’s testing capacity
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sought to defuse criticism of his handling of the coronavirus outbreak by pledging support for those who lose income and promising to expand testing.
In his first full press conference on the infection, Abe said he would use the remaining $2.5 billion in reserves from the current year’s budget to draw up a second package within the next 10 days to tackle the virus and its economic fallout.