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US okays US$8.3 billion Covid-19 funding

The Grand Princess cruise ship cut short its voyage back from Hawaii after the passengers began to fall ill. – AFP pic, March 6, 2020.

AMERICAN lawmakers passed an emergency US$8.3 billion spending bill to combat the coronavirus yesterday as health workers boarded a cruise ship held off the coast of San Francisco to test sick passengers and crew. Senate gave sweeping bipartisan support to the funding a day after the house passed the bill, so that it could be quickly sent to the White House for President Donald Trump’s signature.

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