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BBC OS: 2020/12/28 16:06 GMT: Trump signs Covid relief package

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Trump signs Covid relief package

2020/12/28 16:06 GMT

2020/12/28 16:06 GMT: Trump signs Covid relief package

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How will the measures help unemployed Americans?

After President Trump eventually agreed to sign a Covid relief and spending bill into law, we speak to the unemployed Americans who the measures are meant to help. We'll also get our North America reporter to explain the politics around it.

Our medical expert today to talk us through the latest Covid-19 developments is Dr Eleanor Murray from Boston University. One thing we'll talk about it what we're finding out about the spread of the new variants of the virus detected in the UK and South Africa.

Over the holiday period, we are also returning to some of the people we have joined in conversation about how the pandemic has affected them. Today, we get back in touch with three mums, who gave birth in 2020, in New York, Dublin and London. They discuss the difficulty of lockdown and isolation when caring for a new-born.

(Photo: President Donald Trump, Friday December 25, 2020. Credit: Niall Carson/PA Wire)

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