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House approves $8.3B to battle coronavirus

By Susan Ferrechio
Published March 4, 2020 9:53pm ET
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House approves $8.3B to battle coronavirus
Pedestrians cross a street as one of them prepares his face mask in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Iran is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" of people getting tested for the new coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, underscoring the fear both at home and abroad over the outbreak in the Islamic Republic. | (Vahid Salemi/AP)

The House passed an $8.3 billion measure to fund the federal government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, which has claimed 11 lives and infected more than 100 people in the United States.

The measure passed nearly unanimously and will now head to the Senate, which is expected to pass it as early as Thursday.

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