10 things you need to know today: April 6, 2020

Surgeon general warns this week could be toughest yet in pandemic, Boris Johnson is hospitalized with coronavirus, and more

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1. Surgeon general warns coming week 'hardest and saddest' yet

The surgeon general, Vice Admiral Jerome Adams, warned on Sunday that the coming week would be the "hardest and the saddest" for Americans as the coronavirus outbreak worsens. "This is going to be our Pearl Harbor moment, our 9/11 moment, only it's not going to be localized, it's going to be happening all over the country," Adams said on Fox News Sunday. The number of deaths in the U.S. reached 9,648, with a total of 337,646 confirmed cases, although experts said the lack of early testing meant the real toll was probably higher. There were signs of hope, as new infections and deaths declined in New York, the U.S. coronavirus epicenter, and in European hot spots like Italy and Spain.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.