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Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) – Includes $1200 stimulus checks, March 2020 Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act – April 2020 Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 – June 2020
As of mid-2021, states with tougher policies generally had fewer COVID cases and deaths {needs update}. [4] [5] Thousands of US counties also initiated their own policy responses to the pandemic, resulting in significant variability even within states. [6]
The government also recommended closing schools and avoiding gatherings of more than ten people. [66] [67] [68] Coronavirus Response Coordinator Deborah Birx cited an analysis by Imperial College London that if nothing was done by government officials, 2.2 million would die in the United States. [69]
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Walmart temporarily shut almost 60 U.S. stores in COVID-19 hotspots in December to sanitize them against the virus, in a sign the new Omicron variant is disrupting the retail industry.
Getting the COVID-19 vaccine at Walmart So far, most of the vaccines have gone to priority groups, meaning healthcare workers, people in nursing homes, and older folks.
The Chicago Tribune reported in March 2020 that employees at UPS, FedEx, and XPO, Inc. were often pressured not to take time off, even with symptoms such as fever and cough consistent with COVID-19. Public health authorities stated the risk was relatively low to customers receiving packages, in part because COVID-19 does not live for very long ...
In late March 2020, 50 workers at a Purdue poultry processing plant in Kathleen, Georgia went on a wildcat strike over working conditions and hazard pay. [70] On 27 April, employees walked out of the Pilgrim's Pride poultry processing plant in Cold Spring, Minnesota, in protest of how the firm is handling worker safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.