US counters China's 'mask diplomacy' with $225m coronavirus aid

'No country can match this generosity,' Pompeo says

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses a news conference in Washington on April 7. © Reuters

RYO NAKAMURA, Nikkei staff writer

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. will commit an additional $225 million to "reduce transmission" of the highly contagious novel coronavirus and bolster the global response, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday.

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