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President-elect Joe Biden unveils trillion-dollar coronavirus recovery and mass vaccination plan
President-elect Joe Biden has unveiled a $US1.9 trillion ($2.44 trillion) coronavirus plan to turn the tide on the pandemic, speeding up the vaccine rollout and providing financial help to individuals, states and local governments, and businesses struggling with the prolonged economic fallout.
Key points:
- The president-elect’s plan would see stimulus cheques and unemployment insurance issued
- Mr Biden promised to vaccinate 100 million Americans in his first 100 days of office
- He also called on Congress to increase the minimum wage to $US15 an hour
Mr Biden campaigned last year on a promise to take the pandemic more seriously than President Donald Trump had.
The new package aimed to put that pledge into action with an influx of resources for…
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