Chinanews, March 7th, a comprehensive report, on the 6th local time, the US Senate passed a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus plan to deal with the impact of the new crown epidemic on the economy.

The United States is accelerating its vaccination plan, and the British company AstraZeneca said it plans to apply for emergency use authorization for its vaccine in the United States in the next few weeks.

U.S. Senate approves $1.9 trillion

economic stimulus plan

　　On the 6th local time, the U.S. Senate voted 50 votes in favor and 49 votes against, and voted to pass the $1.9 trillion economic stimulus plan.

Data map: On March 3, local time, people received nucleic acid testing at a mobile testing station in Manhattan, New York.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Wang Fan

　　The plan passed this time includes granting US$1,400 per person to eligible Americans; providing US$300 in weekly unemployment benefits; injecting US$14 billion into the new crown vaccination program; providing US$130 billion for the reopening of schools; The epidemic hit companies to provide 25 billion US dollars in aid.

　　US President Biden said in a speech on the Senate’s approval of the economic stimulus plan, “This (process) is obviously not easy, it is not always good, but Americans urgently need (this plan)”.

　　Because the plan approved by the Senate is slightly different from the version previously approved by the House of Representatives, it must now be sent back to the House of Representatives for trial.

　　The majority leader of the House of Representatives, Hoyer, stated on social networking sites that the House of Representatives will vote on the version approved by the Senate on the 9th.

After the House of Representatives vote is passed, it will be submitted to Biden for signature, and Biden is expected to sign it into law before March 14.

The fourth vaccine in the United States is expected to be launched

　　The cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States has exceeded 28.94 million, with over 524,000 deaths.

At present, the US epidemic data is slowing down, and there are increasing calls from various regions to restart commercial activities and resume classes in schools.

Data map: On March 5, 2021, local time, New York, USA, some theaters in the United States reopened, and relevant anti-epidemic safety measures were taken.

The picture shows the theater hanging up a sign to reopen.

　　New York City recently allowed restaurants to resume indoor dining on a limited basis; California announced on the 5th that Disneyland and other theme parks, which had been closed for nearly a year due to the epidemic, were allowed to reopen on April 1.

　　However, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a report on the 5th that data showed that 41 days or about six weeks after restaurants were allowed to resume dine-in (indoor or outdoor dining), the number of new cases per day in the counties and cities began to increase, and the number of deaths also occurred. Two months later, it showed an upward trend; 20 days after the mandatory wearing of masks was promulgated, the number of newly diagnosed and death cases per day decreased significantly.

　　The United States is currently accelerating its new crown vaccination plan.

An executive of the British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca revealed on the 5th that the company plans to apply for emergency use authorization for its vaccine in the United States in the next few weeks.

　　Ruud Dobber, executive vice president of AstraZeneca, said the company hopes to receive the results of clinical trials in the United States in "the next few weeks" and then plans to immediately seek emergency use authorization for the vaccine from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. .

He said that if authorized, AstraZeneca is ready to provide tens of millions of doses of vaccine to the United States.