President Trump signed an $8.3 billion spending bill Friday aimed at fighting the coronavirus outbreak, the culmination of a bipartisan effort by Congress and the White House to provide funds to federal agencies, as well as state and local governments, to battle the disease.
The bill will fund the development of vaccines, medications to treat the disease and diagnostic tests all while helping state and local governments — and foreign governments — fight the coronavirus, which causes a disease officially known as COVID-19.
Health and medicine reporter at The New York Times, Denise Grady, explains how the coronavirus compares to the common flu with Dan & Amy:
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash