Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has issued an order declaring that flags be lowered to half-staff in order to honor victims of COVID-19 after a new milestone had been reached.
Until sunset on Friday, February 26, flags at the State Capitol and other public buildings and facilities, flags are to be lowered to half-staff.
Officials also encourage private citizens and businesses to do the same.
The order comes in after the U.S.'s COVID-19 death toll had reached 500,000, or half a million.