China Wuhan government provides 3,000 - 5,000 yuan "sympathetic money" to relatives of every physician who is infected or dies from the corona virus.

Organizing Committee of Wuhan City Committee, Hubei Province, China yesterday announced a number of measures to support the families of doctors who were infected or died of coronavirus that caused pneumonia (Covid- 19), including "sympathetic payments".

Under this policy, each healthcare worker infected with the corona virus receives 3,000 yuan ($ 430), while the families of the deceased will receive 5,000 yuan (more than $ 700).

On the Weibo social network, many people quickly expressed their indignation, saying that the support money was too small. "This is an insult, not even worth it," one commented. "Is a doctor's life worth 5,000 yuan?", Another said.

Meanwhile, some insist that this is only financial assistance, not compensation money. "It's not much, but it is better than nothing," one commentator.

Last week, China first published data showing that more than 1,700 health workers were infected with the corona virus, of which more than 1,500 in Hubei province and more than 1,100 in the capital Wuhan alone, where outbreaks were reported. Covid-19.

Six health workers died, including Li Wenliang, one of the first to warn about a virus that causes pneumonia, but police allegedly spread false rumors. Officials say most of the nCoV infections occur during the new outbreak, and health workers take little precautions.

China today recorded an additional 98 deaths from nCoV, bringing the total number of deaths in the Covid-19 epidemic worldwide to 1,873. A spokesman for China's National Health Commission said on Feb. 16 that the figures showing the disease were under control. However, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that "it is impossible to predict which direction this disease will go".