Washington, Jan 9 (TIWN) US President-elect Joe Biden said that he would be laying out the groundwork for the next Covid-19 relief package next week, as the country's economic recovery stalls amid the surging pandemic.

"Next week, I will be laying out the groundwork for the next Covid economic relief package that meets this critical moment for our economy and country," the President-elect added. 

Citing the newly released December 2020 employment data, Biden said the report, which showed a job loss of 140,000, is the the first negative jobs report since the height of the pandemic in the spring. 

"More people have just lost a job while many have been out of work for a long time. The ongoing gap in Black and Latino unemployment remains much too large," Biden said. 

"With the pandemic raging, people are losing work and losing hope," he said.