A severe and deadly outbreak of COVID-19 that has ravaged the Norton community is by far the worst recorded in Kansas since the start of the pandemic, health officials said Wednesday. Gov. Laura Kelly called the outbreak a “stark reminder” that the threat of COVID-19 is real, even in rural areas. She said she was directing state resources to assist with the outbreak. “Outbreaks are not isolated incidents,” Kelly said. “For months, many have mistakenly shared the idea that this virus would never reach our rural and lower-population communities. Now, it is worse in those towns and counties than it is in our cities.”
Source: Kansas Reflector
