China’s richest man, Jack Ma, has donated 100 million yuan (£11 million) to help towards defeating the coronavirus disease.
Jack Ma has donated the money to scientists across the world who are working towards creating a vaccine for the coronavirus while £4.4 million of the money will go to the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Jack Ma announced the donation on Thursdayon social media platform, Weibo, stating ‘The Jack Ma Foundation will exhaust our abilities to provide more help to the development and growth of medical science. We know that the battle between humanity and disease is a long journey. This money will help various medical research efforts and help disease prevention”.