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<p>In February we allocated £1 million from the Government’s Global Challenges Research
Fund to help urgently tackle the Zika virus; the Medical Research Council (MRC) received
over 100 applications for support through its Rapid Response Initiative. To meet this
demand, in March we committed up to an additional £2 million, with a further £1 million
from the Wellcome Trust, bringing the total that was available up to a maximum of
£4 million of funding.</p><p>Today, the MRC has announced that it has allocated c.
£3.2 million of this funding to tackle the emerging and unknown threats of this virus.
Our commitment to protect the science budget in real terms to the end of the Parliament
means we can react quickly to help tackle these life-threatening global challenges.</p>
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