COVID-19: US Senate approves $480 billion pandemic relief package

US Senate on April 21 passed a nearly half-a-trillion dollar coronavirus pandemic relief pack to protect small businesses in country from shutting down. According to reports, bill was passed after more than a week of negotiations between Republicans and Democrats in US Congress. funding is government's latest cash infusion to prop up ecomy as it h earlier approved ar $450 billion pack for same purpose. 

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latest $480 billion relief pack is aimed at saving small businesses from shutting down, to expand coronavirus testing and for hospitals fighting disease. As per reports, $320 billion will go towards small businesses, $75 billion for hospitals and $25 billion for expansion of testing in country. An ditional $60 billion will be for disaster recovery and loan grants. Democrat Chuck Schumer praised Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin for agreeing to include funds for testing.

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New York City is most affected region in United States, where alone more than 19,600 people have lost ir lives. As per data, total number of infected patients in United States stands at 8,19,175, nearly four times that of Spain, which is currently second most affected country. re are 6,90,859 active infections in United States, of which 45,343 have lost ir lives, while 14,016 remain under critical conditions. United States has reportedly treated 82,973 patients successfully, which is a few thousand less than Germany. 

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Coronavirus outbreak

coronavirus outbreak has infected over 2.55 million people globally and has killed nearly 1,77,000 patients since it first broke out in December 2019. virus is believed to have originated from a seafood market in Chinese city of Wuhan, initial epicentre of disease, where animals were reportedly being tred illegally. Or countries that are currently worst affected are Italy, Spain, France, Iran, and United Kingdom, where death toll has surpassed 17,000 mark each. 

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