The report comes as the United States is seeing a record resurgence of COVID-19 coronavirus cases, with a majority of US states registering unprecedented numbers of…
The administration of US President Donald Trump is attempting to block billions of dollars of federal funds for US states to carry out additional COVID-19 testing and contact tracing in Congress’s next coronavirus relief package, The Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing officials familiar with the matter.
Sources told the outlet that the White House is also making efforts to block billions in aid that would potentially be allocated for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with other billions calculated to go to the departments of Defence and State to slow the spread of the pandemic domestically and overseas.
