TRACKING
TRACKING THIS FROM THE BEGINNING, TED.
BEGINNING, TED. >> Reporter: IN THE LAST MINUTE
OR SO, WE'VE HAD SOME MORE
AMBULANCES ARRIVING HERE AT THE
NURSING HOME.
NURSING HOME. YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME, THIS ONE
IS FROM REDMOND MEDIC ONE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A CREW FROM
KIRKLAND FIRE AND RESCUE AND
THEN A PRIVATE CONTRACTED
AMBULANCE AT THE DOOR.
AND I CAN HEAR MORE SIRENS IN
THE DISTANCE.
THE DISTANCE. ANY TIME WE'VE HEARD SIRENS,
IT'S BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN
MORE AMBULANCES ARRIVING HOOESH
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. YOU
HERE. YOU SEE A WORKER GETTING OUT OF
THE AMBULANCE WEARING A MASK
AND GOWN AND GLOVES.
THAT'S THE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
THAT WE'VE SEEN THEM WEARING
ANY TIME THEY'VE ARRIVED HERE
OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS SINCE
THIS ALL STARTED.
SO WE KNOW OF AT LEAST NINE
PEOPLE CONNECTED TO LIFE CARE
CENTER HERE WHO HAVE TESTED
PRESUMPTIVELY POSITIVE FOR
PROENZ.
PROENZ.
PROENZ. FOUR PEOPLE FROM THIS NURSING
HOME HAVE DIED.
MOST OF THOSE WHO TESTED
POSITIVE WERE IN THEIR 70s,
80s, AND 90s AND IN FRAGILE
HEALTH.
HEALTH.
HEALTH. LIFE CARE SAYS PEOPLE WHO WORK
HERE ARE BEING SCREENED BEFORE
AND AFTER THEIR SHIFTS.
THEY SAY ANYONE WHO'S CARING
FOR PATIENTS WITH RESPIRATORY
SYMPTOMS IS WEARING MASKS,
GOWNS AND GLOVES.
AND EVERYONE IS DOING FREQUENT
HAND WASHING AS WE ALL SHOULD
DURING THESE TIMES.
THERE'S A GROUP OF NURSING
STUDENTS FROM LAKE WASHINGTON
TECHNICAL COLLEGE WHO VISITED
THIS FACILITY LAST WEEK.
AND THEY WERE JUST TODAY TOLD
THAT THEY SHOULD SELF-
QUARANTINE FOR TWO WEEKS.
BUT THAT DIRECTIVE COMES
ROUGHLY THREE DAYS AFTER A
CONFIRMATION OF THE VIRUS HERE
AT LIFE CARE.
LAKE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY SAYS KING COUNTY
PUBLIC HEALTH GAVE THEM THAT
ADVICE THIS MORNING.
THERE ARE CONCERNS THOSE
STUDENTS MAY HAVE BEEN
TRAVELING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY
AND BACK ON CAMPUS AFTER THEIR
VIS TILT HERE.
IF YOU COME BACK OUT TO US
LIVE, WE HAVE ANOTHER AMBULANCE
PULLING IN WHICH WE'LL SHOW YOU
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. WE
HERE. WE HAVE THREE AMBULANCES
ARRIVING AT LIFE CARE CENTER OF
KIRKLAND.
KIRKLAND.
KIRKLAND. THIS IS A KIRKLAND FIRE AND
RESCUE AMBULANCE.
RESCUE AMBULANCE. AND I CAN SEE -- LET'S SEE
HERE, THERE'S ANOTHER VEHICLE,
A FIRE AND RESCUE VEHICLE
PULLING IN.
PULLING IN. CLEARLY SOME KIND OF BIG
OPERATION UNDERWAY HERE TO
TRANSPORT SOME OF THE PATIENTS
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. THIS IS REALLY WHAT IT'S LOOKED
LIKE THE PAST FEW DAYS
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
EVERY FEW HOURS AN AMBULANCE
WILL SHOW UP ON SCENE AND
THEY'LL TAKE SOMEBODY OUT
WEARING A MASK.
AND AS WE KNOW, A LOT OF
PATIENTS TIED TO THIS FACILITY
HAVE CORONAVIRUS AND SOME OF
THEM HAVE DIED SO.
WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON
WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE ON KING 5
NEWS.
NEWS.
NEWS. >>
NEWS. >> TED, BEFORE YOU GO, ON
SATURDAY YOU TALKED WITH A MAN
WHOSE WIFE IS A RESIDENT OF
THAT CARE FACILITY.
DO WE KNOW, ARE FAMILY MEMBERS
BEING ALLOWED TO VISIT THOSE
INSIDE OR NOT?
>> Reporter: I JUST CHECKED
WITH MANAGEMENT AND THEY SAY
FAMILY MEMBERS ARE STILL BEING
TURNED AWAY, TOLD THEY CANNOT
VISIT.
VISIT.
VISIT. THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE GOING IN
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. I
THERE. I WAS HERE LAST NIGHT AND A
WOMAN WHO DROVE ALL THE WAY
FROM OKANOGAN COUNTY EXPLAINED
SHE WANTED TO SEE HER MOM, SHE
WAS TAKING THE CORRECT
PRECAUTIONS, AND THEY DID LET
HER INSIDE TO VISIT.
THERE ARE SOME CASES WHEN
THEY'RE LETTING PEOPLE IN, BUT
BROADLY THEY'RE TELLING FAMILY
AND FRIENDS YOU CAN'T VISIT AT
THIS TIME.
THIS TIME. >> IF I REMEMBER, I THINK THAT
WOMAN CAME FROM TWISP TO SEE
HER MOM.
HER MOM.
HER MOM. >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.
>> WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK TO
YOU SHORTLY BECAUSE IT SOUNDS
LIKE A SERIOUS SITUATION RIGHT
NOW THAT THEY MAY BE TAKING
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