June 3 Coronavirus Update from the Trump Administration

Treasury, IRS Announce Delivery of 159 Million Economic Impact Payments (HERE)

• The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS announced that 159 million Economic Impact Payments, worth more than $267 billion, have been distributed to Americans in two months. Payments have been sent to all eligible Americans for whom the IRS has the necessary information to make a payment.

COVID-19 and Beyond: Oversight of the FDA’s Foreign Drug Manufacturing Inspection Process 

• During the coronavirus pandemic, FDA is continuing to utilize and implement additional alternative inspection tools and approaches while postponing foreign and domestic routine surveillance facility inspections.

Army Targets COVID-19 Vaccine by End of Year, Human Testing in Summer 

• The global race to field a lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine may be nearing its last lap, as the Army aims for a vaccine by the end of this year, the force’s top medical research officer said.