Showing posts with label COVID-19 outbreak. Show all posts
Showing posts with label COVID-19 outbreak. Show all posts

Thursday, March 19, 2020

Coronavirus Cases Surge in the U.S. as Emergency Measures Intensify


Americans evacuated from Wuhan

Americans evacuated from Wuhan, photo credit: NPR.


President Trump today invoked the Defense Production Act, which gives the administration the authority to ramp up domestic manufacturing of personal protective equipment and other items needed to fight the coronavirus.


In Congress, the Senate passed the House's amended coronavirus aid package, but GOP senators are already racing to craft the next stimulus package with $1 trillion.