Congressional negotiators are closing in on a multi-billion dollar emergency funding package to combat the coronavirus, but haven’t reached a final deal yet
Medical staff wearing protective suits outside a hospital in Daegu, South Korea, Sunday, March 1, 2020. The coronavirus has claimed its first victim in the United States as the number of cases shot up in Iran, Italy and South Korea and the spreading outbreak shook the global economy. | Kim Hyun-tae/Yonhap via AP. According to Heather, lawmakers are coalescing around a figure of around $7 billion — significantly higher than what Trump initially requested.
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