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House Republicans introduced legislation that would prevent FEMA from paying for funeral expenses that may or may not have been the result of COVID-19.
To two doses greenlit by the fda last night. this afternoon cdc vaccine advisers also voted in favor. >> 11 yeses, zero nos. >> reporter: sometime, not yet, booster shots likely for the rest of us. >> it would have to be in an orderly fashion. so it would not be everybody at once. it would be an orderly fashioned and a timely way. >> reporter: now, here is one indication of the ongoing impact of covid-19 on this country. fema has what's called a funeral assistance program. and they have now given out more than $1 billion to american families to bury their covid dead. one fema official called i...
It didnât take Brian Triano long to figure out the guy on the other end of the line was likely a scammer. Triano, vice president of Green Valley Mortuary and Cemetery, said the caller was asking for private information about a recent funeral. She claimed she was helping a local family obtain federal burial assistance available when the deceased died of COVID-19. But Triano knew the program doesnât work that way. Federal aid Congress approved two virus relief bills this year that provide financial assistance for COVID-19-related funeral expenses incurred after Jan. 20, 2020. The COVI...
Cook County residents are encouraged to apply for reimbursements from FEMA to help with COVID-related funeral costs.
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) announced today that three additional FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance (DSA) teams arrived in