Coronavirus: Trump wants to send Americans US$1,000 cheques to cushion economic shock

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WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - US President Donald Trump announced a plan on Tuesday (March 17) to send money to Americans immediately to ease the economic shock from the coronavirus crisis and said military-style hospitals will likely be deployed to virus hot zones to care for patients.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump announced a plan on Tuesday to send money to Americans immediately to ease the economic shock from the coronavirus crisis and said military-style hospitals will likely be deployed to virus hot zones to care for patients.

"We're going to win and I think we're going to win faster than people think, I hope," said Trump, surrounded by top advisers on the coronavirus crisis. Pence said the Army Corps of Engineers can deploy field hospitals quickly to help handle the influx of virus patients.Trump on Monday urged Americans to work diligently for 15 days to try to slow the spread of the virus by avoiding crowds and staying home for the most part.

The abrupt slowdown has staggered the US airline industry and other economic sectors and has left an increasing number of Americans unemployed.

 

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