On Newsday today the US Congress approves a long-awaited $900bn Covid rescue package overcoming months of gridlock.
Meanwhile, trucks queue for miles as Britain and France work on a solution to unblock the flow of trade after France bars travel from the UK for 48 hours over fears of a new variant of coronavirus.
And, Nigeria bans large gatherings, restricts crowd at weddings, seminars, conferences and other programmes as the second wave of Covid-19 is underway, The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Covid-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu tells us more.