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 The order will be extended until at least March 31, the newly
appointed U.S. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said in a statement.
The CDC issued the initial order in September that lasted through
Dec. 31, which covers all 43 million U.S. residential renters as
long as they meet income eligibility requirements.
It applies to individual renters who did not expect to earn more
than $99,000 last year or $198,000 for joint filers. It also applies
to renters who did not report income in 2019 or received a stimulus
check earlier in 2020.
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 The U.S. coronavirus death toll
topped 400,000 this week, as the country hardest
hit by the pandemic struggles to meet the demand
for vaccines to stem the spread of the virus.
The number of deaths has spiked since Christmas,
with total cases crossing 24 million in the
country.
(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya in Bengaluru;
Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)
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