BEIJING, Jan. 30 -- The Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has allocated 108 million yuan (about 15.57 million U.S. dollars) to prevent and control the novel coronavirus epidemic.

The money was appropriated from CPC membership dues to help frontline medical personnel as well as grassroots-level Party members, according to the department.

Primary-level Party organizations will receive financial aid to purchase medicine and resources for epidemic prevention and control, said the department, adding that infected Party members and individuals who are in difficulty would also receive subsidies.

The money should be allocated to primary-level organizations as soon as possible to combat the epidemic, said the department.