US President Donald Trump has signed into law a Coronavirus relief and spending package bill, averting a partial government shutdown.<br />''<br />''President Trump had initially refused to sign the bill, saying he wanted to give people bigger one-off payments.<br />''<br />''The delay meant that millions of Americans temporarily lost unemployment benefits.<br />''<br />''In a statement, Mr Trump said, he was signing the bill to restore unemployment benefits, return airline workers back to work and add substantially more money for vaccine distribution.<br />''<br />''The relief package worth 900 billion dollar was approved by Congress after months of negotiation. It is part of a 2.3 trillion dollar spending package that includes 1.4 trillion dollar for normal federal government spending.<br />''<br />''If President Trump had not signed the bill into law by midnight tonight, a partial government shutdown would have begun unless legislators passed a stopgap bill.<br />''<br />''About 14 million Americans faced a lapse in unemployment benefit payments and new stimulus cheques. Unemployment benefits will now be restored.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">US President-elect Joe Biden had warned of devastating consequences if Mr Trump continued to delay signing.</span><br />