"From Jack Ma to Bill Gates, billionaires donate funds to create coronavirus vaccine", 30 January 2020

China's second-richest man and Alibaba founder Jack Ma has donated 100 million yuan ($14.4 million) to help invent a vaccine for coronavirus...the...billionaire has earmarked 40 million yuan ($5.8 million) for two Chinese government research organisations. The remainder of the funds will be used to support "prevention and treatment" measures...  

...Huawei, e-commerce company Tencent Holdings, TikTok owner ByteDance, ride-hailing giant DiDi, search engine Baidu and food-delivery firm Meituan-Dianping are other Chinese firms that have donated funds to coronavirus treatment efforts.

Pony Ma's Tencent has donated 300 million yuan of goods and will provide mapping and data services; Didi Chuxing is ferrying medical workers in designated vehicles across certain cities.

Bill Gates' Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has committed $10 million aid... Apple CEO Tim Cook also announced on Twitter that..."...Apple will be donating to groups on the ground helping support all of those affected."...