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USHealth Officials Appeal to Youth to 'Do their Part' to Stop Coronavirus

Reuters

   WASHINGTON - U.S. health officials on Wednesday appealed to youth to
   "do their part" by heeding guidelines on self-isolation to blunt the
   coronavirus outbreak and warned that the White House may have to extend
   its action plan if 15 days proves insufficient.

   "Fifteen days is likely not going to be enough to get us all the way
   through, but we really need to lean into it now so we can bend the
   curve in the 15 days, and at that point we'll reassess," U.S. Surgeon
   General Jerome Adams told NBC's "Today" program.

   "If we can get America to all pitch in for the next 15 days, we can
   flatten the curve ... not overwhelm our healthcare system and hopefully
   get through this."

   The renewed warnings followed Tuesday's announcement that the Trump
   administration would seek a $1 trillion stimulus package, possibly to
   include $1,000 direct payments to individual Americans.

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