Slovakia to contribute EUR 200,000 to WHO in fight against coronavirus

At its regular session on Wednesday the Slovak cabinet approved a 200,000 euro contribution to the World Health Organisation (WHO) in connection with the coronavirus epidemic. "The WHO will put all such funds together and subsequently use them directly to mitigate consequences of the epidemic in China," Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini said following the cabinet meeting. According to Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenicky, the volume of money is an agreed-upon compromise between his ministry and the Foreign Affairs Ministry that have been asked for such a contribution from Slovakia.