President-elect announced Covid-19 Relief Plan after taking the Office

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On Tuesday, President-elect Joe Biden announced the basics of planning to request from US Congress in a new round of COVID-19 relief after joining the office. He was speaking to reporters at a news conference in Delaware. Biden also warned Americans that the darkest days in the battle against COVID-19 are ahead of us. Point to be noted that the health care workers across the country have started to receive the first doses of vaccine. The comments of the president-elect came hours after the House and Senate passed a $900 billion COVID-19 relief package. It is noteworthy that Democrats have a slim majority in the House but the control of the US Senate remains undetermined. However, any proposal would have to be negotiated with the US Congress.

Biden said, “Leaders in both House and Senate, both parties deserve credit for making the hard compromises to get this done. But like all compromises, it’s far from perfect, but it does provide vital relief at a critical moment. However, as I’ve said all along, this bill is just the first step, a down payment, an addressing the crisis, the crises more than once that we’re in. There’s a lot more work to do. Early next year I’m going to put forward to the Congress my plans for what comes next”. President-elect also said he wouldn’t provide a detailed proposal at this point. He said his plan will include at least another round of stimulus checks, with an amount to be determined and funding for every American to receive the COVID-19 vaccine”.

The President-elect plan also includes the state and local aid money, more funding for testing, a moratorium on evictions, and direct funding for businesses and PPEs. Biden added, “Number one, making sure we have all the money two need to get the vaccine to 300 million Americans at a minimum over the next year, the next calendar year. Number two, making sure that all those people who are unemployed through no fault of their own because of the COVID crisis, small businesses and big businesses, etc., that are shutting down, that continue to be able to live day-to-day. Thirdly, I think it’s critical we provide all of the PPE as well as the direct payments to small businesses and others to be able to stay open, to be able to keep their people employed”.