US leads massive economic stimulus effort against coronavirus, EU shuts borders

Wed, Mar 18, 2020 - 6:25 AM

President Donald Trump said the White House was discussing a "substantial" spending bill with Congress that would include immediate cash payments to US citizens in a bid to pull the economy from growing fears of recession.

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[WASHINGTON] The United States led a multi-billion dollar global fight-back against economic havoc wreaked by the coronavirus Tuesday and Germany's chancellor announced the shutting of EU borders to stem the pandemic's ferocious spread.

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