The anti-Covid-19 relief bill was passed by the US House of Representatives, which gives workers emergency leave and free testing of nCoV.

The US House of Representatives on the evening of March 13 (at noon 14/3 Vietnamese time) passed a draft "Law on Coping with Family First of all" with 363 votes in favor, 40 votes against and one abstention. The US Senate is expected to vote to pass the bill next week before submitting it to President Donald Trump for approval.

The bill includes provisions that allow US workers to take paid vacation in an emergency and receive free nCoV testing. Trump expressed support for the bill before the House of Representatives voted.

"This bill will be the next step after I ask for free nCoV testing and sick pay for affected workers," the US president wrote on Twitter. "I have directed the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Labor to enact flexible rules to help small businesses from being affected. I encourage Republican and Democratic MPs to work together and pass the bill ".

Trump said he put the health and happiness of American families first and "looked forward to signing the bill as soon as possible". Earlier, he declared Covid-19 a national emergency, saying states and territories would have access to a budget of up to $ 50 billion in the federal budget to combat the epidemic.

The US recorded more than 2,300 cases of nCoV, of which 50 died and 41 recovered. Covid-19 appears in 48 states and Washington D.C., the only state where nCoV has not been detected, is West Virginia.

The worst affected state is Washington with over 500 cases of nCoV and more than 30 deaths. 18 US states had to close all or some schools because Covid-19.

Covid-19 started in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Covid-19 in 145 countries and territories with more than 145,000 cases, more than 5,400 deaths and more than 72,000 have recovered. The number of new nCoV infections in recent days has tended to decrease in China and South Korea, but increased in Italy, Iran, Spain, France, Germany and the US.