Support needed for virus-hit firms

Financial Services Commission (FSC) Vice Chairman Sohn Byung-doo, second from right, speaks during a meeting at The Central Government Complex in Seoul, Friday. The meeting was held to check whether sufficient financial support was being allocated to small businesses hit by the novel coronavirus. The FSC said public and private financial firms collectively supplied 322.8 billion won ($266 million) to such businesses between Feb. 7 and 18. / Yonhap