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Bloomberg Quicktake: Now published this video item, entitled “LIVE: Powell, Mnuchin Testify Before Senate Banking Committee on CARES Act” – below is their description.
(Dec. 1) Watch live as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testify on the CARES Act report to Congress in front of the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday, December 1, 2020, in Washington, D.C.
According to Powell’s prepared testimony, he welcomes the rapid development of the vaccine, while on the other hand he warns that the current surge in Covid cases in the U.S. could prove challenging in the coming months. Mnuchin will likely be questioned about the recent spat between his department and the Fed.
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In This Story: COVID-19
Covid-19 is the official WHO name given to the novel coronavirus which broke out in late 2019 and began to spread in the early months of 2020.
Symptoms of coronavirus
The main symptoms of coronavirus are:
- a persistent new cough (non productive, dry)
- a high temperature (e.g. head feels warm to the touch)
- shortness of breath (if this is abnormal for the individual, or increased)
Latest News about Covid-19
Below are stories from around the globe related to the 2020 outbreak of novel Coronavirus – since the WHO gave the Covid-19 naming. Most recent items are posted nearest the top.
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In This Story: Vaccine
A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins, or one of its surface proteins.