World Coronavirus Dispatch: US plans $2bn aid as airlines send workers home

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The Trump administration has proposed including a $20 billion extension in aid for the battered airline industry in a new stimulus proposal to House Democrats worth over $1.5 trillion, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said. “There’s $20 billion in the most recent proposal for the airlines that would give them a six month extension,” Meadows told reporters, noting that the industry was in urgent need of support. Read more here

Let’s look at the global statistics:

Total Confirmed Cases: 33,968,271

Change Over Yesterday: 315,311

Total Deaths: 1,014,158

Total Recovered: 23,637,268

Nations hit with most cases: US (7,233,043), India (6,312,584), Brazil