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Joe Biden to unveil US$1.9 trillion plan for coronavirus-hit US economy
President-elect Joe Biden will unveil a US$1.9 trillion stimulus package proposal on Thursday designed to jump-start the economy and speed up the US response to the coronavirus pandemic, officials said.Biden campaigned last year on a promise to take the pandemic more seriously than President Donald Trump, and the package aims to put that pledge into action with an influx of resources for the coronavirus response and economic recovery.The package includes US$415 billion to bolster the response…