ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_curses' on Python 3.10.0 (Windows)

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Platform

Windows 10

PS <redacted>> py --version
Python 3.10.0

PS <redacted>> py -m pip install --user termdown

Symptom

PS <redacted>> termdown --version
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Microsoft\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\runpy.py", line 196,
 in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "C:\Users\Microsoft\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\runpy.py", line 86,
in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "C:\Users\Microsoft\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python310\Scripts\termdown.exe\__main__.p
y", line 4, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\Microsoft\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python310\site-packages\termdown.py", lin
e 7, in <module>
    import curses
  File "C:\Users\Microsoft\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\curses\__init__.py",
 line 13, in <module>
    from _curses import *
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_curses'