[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 505 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 505

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States will continue 
 to provide support to international partners to help prevent and stop 
                     the spread of the coronavirus.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 13, 2020

 Mr. Cassidy submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States will continue 
 to provide support to international partners to help prevent and stop 
                     the spread of the coronavirus.

Whereas an outbreak of the coronavirus, known as ``COVID-19'', was first 
        detected in Wuhan, China, and was reported by China to the World Health 
        Organization on December 31, 2019;
Whereas the characteristics of the coronavirus, such as the way the virus is 
        transmitted and the ability of the virus to rapidly spread, have raised 
        concerns among experts that the virus may have the potential to become a 
        pandemic;
Whereas the World Health Organization declared that the outbreak of the 
        coronavirus constitutes a public health emergency of international 
        concern;
Whereas the medical facilities in China have been overwhelmed;
Whereas the coronavirus has infected tens of thousands of people in China and 
        hundreds more people worldwide;
Whereas the coronavirus has infected more than a dozen citizens of the United 
        States;
Whereas the United States Government has pledged the support of the United 
        States in combating the coronavirus;
Whereas experts in the United States Government, including public health experts 
        from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, should join the 
        World Health Organization in efforts to stop the spread of the 
        coronavirus in China; and
Whereas ending the spread of the coronavirus is in the best interest of people 
        at home in the United States and abroad: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) it is the sense of the Senate that--
                    (A) the United States will continue to provide 
                support to international partners to help prevent and 
                stop the spread of the coronavirus; and
                    (B) the United States stands in solidarity with the 
                people of China and other countries around the world 
                who are suffering from the coronavirus; and
            (2) the Senate encourages the United States Government to 
        continue to work together with the World Health Organization 
        and other countries on the goal of preventing the coronavirus 
        from taking more lives.
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