Washington Declares State Of Emergency After First US Virus Death; CDC Says “No National Spread In US”: Live Updates
Summary:
- CDC says “no national spread of coronavirus in US”
- US reports first death from Covid-19 (in Washington State)
- Washington declares state of emergency
- US Surgeon General says “stop buying masks”
- Trump blasts media/Dems for ‘hoax’-gate
- Germany boosts border controls
- Italy tops 1000 cases (1,128, with 29 possible virus-linked deaths)
- France bans large gatherings
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Update (1530ET): Following the first death of a Coid-19-infected person in the US, Washington state has declared a state of emergency.
King County official Jeff Duchin says that 27 patients and 25 staff members at the long-term care facility in Kirkland, WA are showing symptoms.
CDC’s Messonnier stated that “there is not a national spread of the virus in the US,” and adds that US has capacity to test 75,000 people.
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Update (1515ET): President Trump has finally wrapped up a lengthy press conference that most agreed was more convincing than his previous effort on Wednesday. Trump confirmed that there are now 22 cases in the US outside of the evacuees from Wuhan and the ‘Diamond Princess’.
Read more about it here.
Washington State is expected to hold a press conference of its own at 4 pm ET.
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Update (1350ET): Trump is officially 20 minutes late, and following reports about Trump tightening the border with Mexico, the governor of the northern Mexican state of Coahuila has confirmed what appears to be the country’s fourth case.
Here’s more on the border reports from Reuters.
The administration is also weighing possible restrictions on the entry of travelers from South Korea, Italy and Japan. The White House instructed DHS to draft a range of options about travel restrictions related to those countries.
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