1. Stock Futures Slump Amid Emergence of New Coronavirus Strain in U.K.
Stock futures were falling sharply Monday after a new coronavirus strain in the U.K. and a surge in infections overshadowed the announcement that congressional leaders reached an agreement on a roughly $900 billion stimulus package.
Contracts linked to the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 419 points, S&P 500 futures were down 58 points and Nasdaq futures slumped 127 points. Equities were coming off a winning week, with the Dow having gained 0.4%, the S&P 500 advancing 1.3% for its its fourth positive week in five, and the Nasdaq rising 3.1%.
Both the House and Senate likely will vote Monday on the pandemic relief bill, which includes temporary supplemental unemployment benefits of $300 a week, and a $600 direct stimulus payment to most Americans. The legislation also will include resources for education, child care and housing.
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Medics rushed to her side to catch her as she fainted live on television
She has since been inactive on all of her social media accounts and has not been seen in the public eye.
This has led users to flood her pages with comments and concern as rumours continue to circulate of her death .
After the outlandish claims of her death continued on Twitter, CHI Memorial Hospital issued a statement via their Twitter account stating Dover was alive and well.
The hospital wrote: UPDATE: Nurse Tiffany Dover appreciates the concern shown for her. She is home and doing well. She asks for privacy for her and her family.
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Sputnik International
U.S. Congress has agreed to pass another COVID-19 reliefe
package and the bill will be passed soon, according to Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell.
“Congress has just reached an agreement. We will pass
another rescue package ASAP,” the top Republican in the upper chamber said
in a tweet. “More help is on the way.”
According to Xinhua news, the 900-billion-USD relief plan
under negotiation was set to include another round of direct payments for
individuals, federal unemployment benefits, and more funding for Paycheck
Protection Program to support small businesses.
McConnell announced the agreement without offering details
of the final package. Lawmakers could move to vote on the proposal as soon as
Along with Fauci and Azar, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins, as well as front-line NIH medical workers, will receive a dose of Moderna s coronavirus vaccine. The event will take place at the NIH in Bethesda, Md.
Fauci, who recently turned 80, has said would take the vaccine publicly as a way to build confidence. The U.S. needs at least 70 percent of the population to get vaccinated in order to stop the virus from being a threat.
ADVERTISEMENT I’m ready to go,” Fauci said on NBC’s Today on Friday. “I’m going to get vaccinated as soon as I can. I hope that’s going to be within the next few days to the early part of next week.”