COVID-19: Biden says 'darkest days' are ahead for US

President-elect to seek further stimulus package early next year

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President-elect Joe Biden receives his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine from Nurse partitioner Tabe Mase at Christiana Hospital on live television in Newark Del., Monday, Dec. 21, 2020.
President-elect Joe Biden receives his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine from Nurse partitioner Tabe Mase at Christiana Hospital on live television in Newark Del., Monday, Dec. 21, 2020.
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Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden said his administration will put forward another COVID-19 relief package next year, including a new round of stimulus payments.

At a news conference on Tuesday, Biden said a $900 billion relief package passed by Congress this week was a “first step” but that the government will have to do more. “Here is the simple truth: Our darkest days in the battle against COVID are ahead of us, not behind us,” he said.

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