The United States lawmakers have agreed to a roughly 900 billion dollars package of pandemic aid, including money for businesses and unemployment programmes.

The money is set to accompany a bigger 1.4 trillion dollars spending bill to fund government operations over the next nine months.

The House of Representatives and the Senate are expected to vote on the package today before it will be signed into law by President DONALD TRUMP.

The new package will include 600 dollars direct stimulus payments to most Americans, and boost unemployment payments by 300 dollars per week.

It is also set to include more than 300 billion dollars in support for businesses, and money for vaccine distribution, schools and renters facing eviction.