US President Donald Trump is commenting on measures aimed at supporting small businesses through the Paycheck Protection Program at the White House Rose Garden.
This comes after the US Congress approved a second aid tranche of $310 billion under the program last week which followed the first tranche of $350 billion. Small businesses account for 33 percent of the value of US exports, the SBA Office of Advocacy says.
As of Tuesday, the US COVID-19 death toll is at 57,266, with the total number of confirmed infections standing at 1,002,498, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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