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President Trump revives call for payroll tax cuts in ‘phase four’ coronavirus relief package

President Trump revives call for payroll tax cuts in ‘phase four’ coronavirus relief package

President Trump on Friday renewed his calls for a broad payroll tax cut as part of a "phase four" coronavirus relief package to ease the economic pain caused by the pandemic.

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the embattled leader of the World Health Organization, is facing new pressure to explain his relationship with China’s government as the world continues to grapple with the deadly virus. In a letter Thursday, several Republican members of the U.S. House Oversight Committee called on Tedros to explain why he has praised China’s “transparency” during the crisis.

Former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign has recently stepped up its attacks on Trump's pandemic preparedness. However, it was revealed that the Obama administration sought several cuts in funding for the Strategic National Stockpile, which stocks personal protective equipment (PPE) and other critical medical supplies. Some of the reductions were relatively small, and most came after Republicans implemented a new law to restrict federal discretionary spending, records reviewed by Fox News show.

"Significantly higher than expected" traces of coronavirus have been discovered in Massachusetts wastewater, according to a new study, suggesting there may be many more people who are going undiagnosed than previously believed.

And NASA satellite data has shown a 30 percent reduction in atmospheric nitrogen dioxide pollution in the northeastern U.S. during the coronavirus lockdown.

Any questions? Check out Fox News Digital's coronavirus live blog: Infectious disease expert Dr. Bob Bollinger answers your questions.

And there were several other developments:

New York City officials trying to process a rising coronavirus death toll have been forced to ramp up burial operations at its public cemetery from one day a week to five. Aerial images captured on Thursday showed 40 caskets lined up for burial at Hart Island.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has extended the “No Sail Order” first issued to all cruise ships under U.S. jurisdiction last month, citing continued coronavirus outbreaks on “at least 10 cruise ships” in the past few weeks.

A fourth person has died from a confirmed case of the novel coronavirus after recently traveling on Holland America’s ill-fated Zaandam cruise ship.

The massive army field hospital that hundreds of troops built inside a Seattle convention center last week will be dismantled before treating a single patient. It will be redeployed to a state facing a more difficult battle against the coronavirus outbreak, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said.

Coronavirus has torn through Iran in recent months, but it has not curbed Iran's nefarious support of terrorist organizations and proxy wars.

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