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- The CDC will launch a new "surveillance and data collection system" to track the spread of coronavirus in the US, per the coronavirus relief bill the Senate passed on Wednesday.
- The agency would receive emergency funding as part of the bipartisan stimulus package passed Wednesday. Of that, $500 million will go public health data surveillance and analytics infrastructure modernization.
- Tracking the spread of the virus will be a balancing act for the agency, which will have to navigate privacy laws as it expands its surveillance.
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The Senate passed a bill late Wednesday that would pump emergency funding into the CDC to combat the coronavirus, including a system to gather data on how the virus is spreading.
The CDC's new funding is part of an emergency stimulus package that the Senate passed on Wednesday which provides $2 trillion in funding to boost government health programs and stabilize the American economy during the coronavirus crisis.
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