The CDC will set up a coronavirus 'surveillance and data collection system' as part of the Senate's $2 trillion stimulus bill

REUTERS/Carlos BarriaVice President Mike PenceThe CDC will launch a new "surveillance and data collection system" to track the spread of coronavirus in the US.The agency is receiving $1.5 billion in emergency funding as part of the bipartisan stimulus package passed by the Senate Wednesday. Of that, $500 million will go public health data surveillance and analytics infrastructure modernization. Tracking the spread of the virus will be a balancing act for the agency, which will have to navigate privacy laws as it expands its surveillance.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.The Senate just passed a bill that would pump $1.5 billion in emergency funding into the CDC to combat the coronavirus, and a large chunk of that money will go towards creating a new system to gather data on

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