The headline was earlier, but a little more now:
Trump administration request to Congress
- "Today, the Administration is transmitting to Congress a US$2.5 billion supplemental funding plan to accelerate vaccine development, support preparedness and response activities and to procure much needed equipment and supplies," Rachel Semmel, a spokeswoman for the White House Office of Management and Budget, said in a statement.
- More than US$1 billion of the money would go toward developing a vaccine
- Among the needs is funding to reimburse the Pentagon, which is housing evacuees from China