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And now, Preston and Steve's news updates with Kathy Romano.

Today is Thursday, March 26th.

Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning in the news this morning.

Wawa is taking some precautions after they say an employee tested positive for COVID-19 in Philadelphia. The employee worked at the store located at 2535 Armingo Avenue. Wawa says they took immediate action and closed the store to have it deep cleaned and disinfected. The store will be closed temporarily as the company evaluates the situation. We are working with the Board of Health and will follow their guidance on additional steps or notifications required.

We will do everything we can to support our associate, including providing paid time off and take all necessary steps to monitor, safeguard, and protect all of our associates and customers, Wawa said in a statement.

To date, over 340 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the city on Wednesday.

The health department announced the first death from the virus in Philadelphia.

The Senate late Wednesday passed an unparalleled $2.2 trillion economic rescue package,

steering aid to business workers and health care systems

engulfed by the coronavirus pandemic. The unanimous vote came despite misgivings on both sides

about whether it goes too far or not far enough and capped days of difficult negotiations as

Washington confronted a national challenge unlike any other it has ever faced. The 880-page measure is the largest economic

relief bill in U.S. history. Majority leader Mitch McConnell appeared somber and exhausted as he

announced the vote and he released senators from Washington until April 20th, though he promised to

recall them if needed. The package is intended as relief for an economic spiraling into recession or worse

and a nation facing a grim toll from an infection that killed nearly 20,000 people worldwide.

Underscoring the efforts sheer magnitude, the bill finances a response with a price tag that

equals half the size of the entire $4 trillion annual federal budget.

President Donald Trump said of the greatest public health emergency in anyone's lifetime,

I don't think it's going to end up being such a rough patch

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