Number of viruses in the country now stands at 774,000 • Trump and Congress close to signing another economy aid package • New York will start antibody testing
Evacuation of corpse deceased from Corona in New Jersey // Photo: AP
The Reuters news agency reported Sunday that the death toll from the Corona virus in the United States has risen over 40,000 people, 38 days after the country's first death from the virus.
Reuters reported that the United States is the country with the largest number of diagnosed infections in the world and today it has 774,000 infected corona.
Meanwhile, political news site Politico reported tonight that President Donald Trump and the Legislature are close to agreeing on another $ 400 billion aid package for the US economy, $ 250 billion of which is badly damaged by the small business aid fund.
Democratic-controlled sources in the Democratic faction have told the news site that presidential and legislative staff are expected to announce the new aid package in the next few days and it will pass through both houses of Congress. US Treasury Secretary Stephen Menuchin told the media today that the deal between the parties would not include increasing aid for "food stamps" for the unemployed and federal funding for government in the various states.
The United States reached an unprecedented peak in unemployment this week as some 22 million Americans apply for unemployment assistance. This is an increase of five million unemployed from last week. Many of the unemployed rely on state-level aid programs and the fear is that the burden of aid applicants will overwhelm existing systems. This week, the U.S. Treasury announced that money in the Small Business Loan Fund was running out after 1.4 million such loans were granted to businesses of less than 500 employees.
Meanwhile, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that New York State will conduct 2,00 antibody tests a day, with the goal of returning as many citizens as possible to the labor market. Media outlets in the United States reported that criticism of the quality and reliability of antibody testing is increasing after it has been discovered that many of them do not comply with state medical standards and doctors prefer to ignore the results.