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The expansion of the coronavirus continues unstoppable in the United States with more than 100,000 reported cases, of which more than a third are concentrated in New York, while President Donald Trump signed on Friday a historic 2.2 billion dollar economic stimulus plan approved by Congress to deal with the pandemic.

According to the latest data provided by John Hopkins University, up to this Saturday a total of 104,860 reported cases had been counted across the country, while the number of deceased stands at 1,711 , of which 450 have been registered in the city from New York.

New York, on the east coast, and Washington, on the west coast, are currently the two states hardest hit by the pandemic, but authorities have already warned that contagion in other areas such as Detroit, Chicago will increase in the coming weeks. o New Orleans, according to the general director of Public Health, Jerome Adams.

Already become the country with the most infections in the world, above China, Italy or Spain, President Trump signed on Friday afternoon the largest economic rescue in history approved hours earlier by Congress, a huge stimulus plan for $ 2.2 trillion to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.

The plan includes a $ 300 billion item to go toward direct aid of up to $ 1,200 per person for millions of workers, another $ 250 billion item to bolster unemployment aid. and another $ 500 billion in loans and tax exemptions for SMEs and large companies.

The historic bailout also includes more than $ 100 billion to support healthcare personnel and hospitals that are being hit hardest by the pandemic, as well as a one-time $ 27 billion grant to drive the development of vaccines and therapies.

With some hospitals already overwhelmed by the increasing number of critically ill patients in intensive care units, many health centers have warned of problems they are having to stock up on medical supplies such as masks and gloves, as well as artificial respirators.

The White House plans to buy an additional 100,000 respirators in the next 100 days to meet the growing demand from hospitals and needs the collaboration of the private sector, which is why it is pressuring dozens of large companies to increase production levels.

Precisely this Friday, Donald Trump ordered the automobile giant General Motors to accelerate the manufacture of respirators , invoking a law passed during the Korean War in 1950 that empowers the president to ensure that industries provide certain products and services necessary for the national defense.

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