The White House requested $2.5 billion in emergency funding late Monday to deal with the global coronavirus outbreak.
, but congressional Democrats quickly slammed the request as"woefully insufficient" to address the epidemic.
The White House is also seeking the authority to redirect other funding toward the response, putting the total government effort at $2.5 billion. China reported 409 new cases, raising the mainland’s total to 77,150. The 150 new deaths from the illness raised China’s total to 2,592. Elsewhere, a surge in reports of new cases in Iran and Italy raised the prospect of more disruptions.in approximately 30 countries.
"Despite urgent warnings from Congress and the public health community, the Trump administration took weeks to request these emergency funds," Lowey said in a statement."It is profoundly disturbing that their answer now is to raid money Congress has designated for other critical public health priorities."White House officials stressed the $2.5 billion figure, which they said includes the shifting of other funding toward the virus response.
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