For the last two months, the City of Philadelphia has grappled with the added expenses of fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

Between operating testing sites, providing extra assistance to families in need, upping public health measures and creating extra funding for small businesses, the costs associated with fighting the virus have racked up.

“The impact on the City’s finances has been immediate; with reduced revenues, new costs, and increased costs for existing expenditures,” the City said in its newly revised 2020-2021 budget.

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