Seattle-Tacoma’s KING 5 News reports the following:
Six people have died and a total of 18 people in King and Snohomish counties have tested positive for 2019 novel coronavirus, officially called COVID-19, in Washington state. Dozens of other people are being tested or monitored.
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A total of 18 people have tested positive for the 2019 novel coronavirus and six have died in King and Snohomish counties.
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Several Washington schools closed this week for a deep cleaning.
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The Centers for Disease and Prevention is investigating a coronavirus outbreak at a nursing home in Kirkland. More than 50 people associated with Life Care Center are showing respiratory symptoms.
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Meanwhile, Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institutes for Allergies and Infections Diseases (NIH/NIAID) was quoted today saying that coronavirus has likely reached “pandemic proportions.”
Top US health official Dr. Fauci to @RichardEngel on coronavirus: “We’re dealing with clearly an emerging infectious disease that has now reached outbreak proportions and likely pandemic proportions.†pic.twitter.com/Vifo7fGCNu
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 2, 2020