US lawmakers approve $8.3 billion emergency coronavirus funding

U.S. lawmakers quickly passed more than $8 billion in emergency funding Thursday, addressing the growing coronavirus crisis. Officials in Nevada, Illinois, New York and Maryland. are announcing new cases that are among the 102 people testing positive for the coronavirus in 14 U.S. states.
VOA’s congressional correspondent Katherine Gypson has more from Capitol Hill.
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