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Some United States officials are encouraged that stay-at-home orders are helping to slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams say, "We really need to understand that if we want to flatten that curve and get to the other side, everyone needs to do their part."

Top articles from the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado, for the week ending April 4, 2020.

In January, just before the pandemic hit the United States, a key distributor recalled more than 9 million gowns produced by a Chinese supplier because they had not been properly sterilized.

United States President Donald Trump says a surge in the COVID-19 coronavirus is coming, and that the next two weeks will be difficult.

Social distancing measures implemented to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus have been extended through the end of April in the United States.

President Donald Trump approved a disaster declaration request for Colorado on Saturday, freeing up federal resources for the state.

Colorado now joins California, New York, Washington, and several other states and territories in receiving disaster declarations. 

"Federal funding is available to State, tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations for emergency protective measures, including direct Federal assistance, for all areas in the State of Colorado impacted by COVID-19," a White House press release said. 

Top articles from the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colordo, for the week ending March 28, 2020.

An analysis by the New England Journal of Medicine identified ways in which the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 contaminates various surfaces and materials and for varying lengths of time.

Top articles at KiowaCountyPress.net in Eads, Colorado, for the week ending March 21, 2020