A brand new program launched by the U.S. Federal Emergency Administration Company (FEMA) will present as much as $9,000 to households of coronavirus victims to assist them pay for funerals.

The COVID-19 Funeral Help program has obtained greater than $2 billion from the federal authorities to supply monetary help to households, the Related Press reported. Any deaths linked to COVID-19 since January 20, 2020, will be lined by this system.

"FEMA's COVID-19 Funeral Help program has helped present over 300,000 individuals with important monetary reduction throughout a time of such surprising, unimaginable and widespread loss," the company's administrator, Deanne Criswell, mentioned in an announcement.

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COVID Funeral Costs
The federal authorities has supplied greater than $2 billion to assist cowl funeral prices for greater than 300,000 households of people that died from COVID-19, the Federal Emergency Administration Company introduced Tuesday. Above, with the Washington Monument within the background, individuals have a look at white flags which might be a part of artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg's non permanent artwork set up, "In America: Bear in mind," in remembrance of People who've died of COVID-19, on the Nationwide Mall in Washington, Sept. 17, 2021. Brynn Anderson/AP Photograph