US President Donald Trump signs $100BILLION coronavirus relief package

US President Donald Trumphas signed into law a multi-billion dollar emergency Coronavirus relief bill

The signing of the bipartisan bill came Wednesday evening March 18,2020, just hours after it passed in the Senate. 

The $105 billion bill provides safety net programs for Americans affected by COVID-19, including paid sick and family leave. 

The legislation also provides free testing for the highly contagious virus, which has infected more than 9,000 Americans

The bill passed in the Senate 90-8 on Wednesday afternoon March 18,2020, around the same time that Trump stated that he was on 'wartime footing' in a bid to combat the pandemic and the subsequent economic fallout