Covid-19: Trump signs $2-trn rescue package, largest-ever US stimulus bill

The United States leads in the number of Covid-19 with 104,007 infections confirmed so far

US President Donald Trump has signed into law the historic $2 trillion rescue package, setting in motion a desperately needed financial relief for millions of Americans and secure the country's economy ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic that has killed over 1,700 and infected more than 100,000 people across the nation.

Trump signed the bill on Friday just hours after the House passed it in a bipartisan vote.

The far-reaching legislation is the largest emergency aid package in US historyand promises to deliver a tidal wave of cash to individual Americans, businesses and health care facilities all reeling from the Covid-19