House passes $ 3 trillion relief package in the USA
On Friday, the House of Representatives of America, which was facing economic crisis due to Coronavirus, passed a $ 3 trillion relief package for Americans. It has been described as the Heroes Act. This relief package will help in bringing the derailed US economic system back on track. The bill has been prepared by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her fellow Democrats.
This is said to be the biggest relief package in American history which will help the state and local governments through the Heroes Act by providing around 1 trillion dollars. Along with this the amount will be used for, paying cash to millions of badly affected American families, hospitals and health workers, reduce unemployment, ration and virus testing. However, many Republicans have claimed that this bill is like calling for death. Most Republicans have opposed this bill. The special thing is that when this package was proposed in the House, many Democrats were not in favor of it along with Republicans, this bill passed with a small margin. The bill had 208 votes in favor and 199 votes against.
Coronavirus which originally spread from Wuhan, China, has caught countries around the world in its grasp. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the total number of infections from Covid-19 in the US has so far been 1.47 million, of which 88,199 people have died. The figure of those recovering from this is 2 lakh 60 thousand. The number of infections worldwide has reached 4469890 of which 300144 people have died.
