Checks to Marshall plan: What's in $2-trn US Senate Covid-19 rescue package

About $500 billion in direct payments to people, in two waves of checks of up to $1,200 per individual making up to $75,000 a year

The U.S. Senate on Monday was negotiating a nearly $2 trillion (£1.73 trillion) emergency bill that aims to stem some of the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic.

The talks remain fluid after Democrats pushed back against an initial Republican draft of the bill on Sunday, and officials in both parties said that final numbers would be known only after the talks are resolved.

Below are some details currently under negotiation, which would need to be passed by the Republican-controlled Senate and the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives before going to President Donald Trump for his signature:

- About $500 billion in direct payments