Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on March 18 that Republicans were nearing an agreement on a third COVID-19 bill amid growing concerns about the CCP virus’s economic impact.
The Epoch Times refers to the novel coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19, as the CCP virus because the Chinese Communist Party’s coverup and mismanagement allowed the virus to spread throughout China and create a global pandemic.