Democrats and health officials say Trump's $2.5 billion coronavirus spending package is 'completely inadequate'
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The Trump administration asked for $1.25 billion in new emergency funds for preparation and response efforts and to divert another $1.25 billion from other federal programs. Trump argued that any White House efforts to contain the coronavirus would draw political fire from Democrats including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who called the multibillion dollar spending package"Cryin' Chuck Schumer is complaining, for publicity purposes only, that I should be asking for more money than $2.5 Billion to prepare for Coronavirus,". "If I asked for more he would say it is too much. He didn't like my early travel closings. I was right.
Health experts have questioned whether the spending request unveiled Monday would provide enough resources to battle the respiratory illness, named COVID-19, which has killed at least 2,700 globally and spread to 30 countries. There have been nearly three dozen cases confirmed in the US, including repatriated citizens. would dwarf US spending on efforts to control it, said Marc Lipsitch, an epidemiologist and the director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at the Harvard T.H.
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