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Coronavirus Live Updates: Over 600,000 Cases Worldwide; $2 Trillion Aid Bill Enters Law
President Trump signed into law the largest economic stimulus package in modern American history and said the government would buy thousands of ventilators. The virus’s death toll has surged in Spain and Italy.
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- U.S. cases surpass 100,000 as Trump signs $2 trillion aid package into law.
- New York may fine people in parks and houses of worship to stem the outbreak.
- As deaths surge, Spain and Italy look for signs of a turning point.
- More experts say Americans should probably start wearing masks.
- Hong Kong and Singapore impose new restrictions as case numbers climb.
- The pope confronts the virus: ‘We find ourselves afraid.’
- Ireland enters a strict lockdown, and the U.K. checks its rule book.
U.S. cases surpass 100,000 as Trump signs $2 trillion aid package into law.
More than 100,000 people in the United States have now been infected with the coronavirus, according to a New York Times database, a grim milestone that comes on the same day the national death toll surpassed 1,500.
Earlier this week, the country surpassed the case totals in China and Italy. The number of known cases has risen rapidly in recent days, as testing ramped up after weeks of widespread shortages and delays. Over 600,000 cases have now been confirmed worldwide, according to figures compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
On Friday, President Trump signed into law a $2 trillion measure designed to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. In the largest economic stimulus package in modern American history, the government will deliver direct payments and jobless benefits for individuals, money for states and a huge bailout fund for businesses battered by the crisis.
Mr. Trump signed the measure in the Oval Office hours after the House approved it by voice vote, and less than two days after the Senate unanimously passed it. Mr. Trump thanked “Democrats and Republicans for coming together and putting America first.”
The legislation will send direct payments of $1,200 to millions of Americans, including those earning up to $75,000, and an additional $500 per child. It will substantially expand jobless aid, providing an additional 13 weeks and a four-month enhancement of benefits, and for the first time will extend the payments to freelancers and gig workers.
The measure will also offer $377 billion in federally guaranteed loans to small businesses and establish a $500 billion government lending program for distressed companies reeling from the crisis. It will also send $100 billion to hospitals.
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