China announces partial income tax exemption for people at virus control and prevention

China's Ministry of Finance announced on Friday the exemption of personal income tax on temporary bonuses and subsidy for people working in the novel coronavirus control and prevention.

This measure includes medical workers at the frontline battling the outbreak, as well as other people working in related fields.

In January, the central government introduced several measures to boost financial aid for epidemic control and treatment, subsidizing medicals workers as well as medical fees related to the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) for patients.