>>>
>>> THAT
>>> THAT EVENING, WE BEGIN WITH RAKING NEWS, THERE ARE MORE
CONFIRMED CORONAVIRUS CASES
TONIGHT, IN WASHINGTON STATE.
THIS INCLUDES ANOTHER DEATH,
MOST OF THOSE ARE IN KING
COUNTY CAN ANOTHER IN SNOHOMISH
COUNTY.
COUNTY.
COUNTY. >>> AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCED FOUR
NEW CASES, ONE OF THEM IS A MAN
WHO HAD DIED.
THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER IN
KING COUNTY TO 10.
AT THE SAME TIME AUTHORITIES
ANNOUNCED ONE NEW CONFIRMED
CASE WHICH MEANS THERE ARE
THREE CONFIRMED CASES AND A
TOTAL OF 13 CONFIRMED CASES IN
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERED FOR YOU
TONIGHT, AMY MARINO WILL BRING
US UP TO HIS SPEED ON SNOHOMISH
COUNTY.
COUNTY.
COUNTY. LET'S BEGIN WITH HEALTH
OFFICIALS MANAGING A POTENTIAL
OUTBREAK.
OUTBREAK.
OUTBREAK. >> Reporter: HELLO, THOSE FOUR
NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN
KING COUNTY ARE ALL PEOPLE WHO
LIVED HERE AT LIFE CARE CENTER
OF KIRKLAND, A NURSING HOME OR
GO THREE OF THEM ARE STILL IN
THE HOSPITAL.
THE HOSPITAL. THEY ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
A WOMAN IS IN HER 80s, A WOMAN
IN HER 90s AND A MAN IN 70s.
THERE IS A FOURTH PERSON WHO
DIED YESTERDAY.
DIED YESTERDAY. TONIGHT WE ARE LEARNING MORE
ABOUT JUST HOW FAR THIS VIRUS
MAY HAVE SPREAD, BEYOND THIS
PRETTY.
PRETTY.
PRETTY. PROPERTY. THE LAKE WASHINGTON
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY WILL
CLOSE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY
WHILE CLEANING CREWS DISINFECT
THE CAMPUS.
THE CAMPUS. THEY ALSO CANCELED LARGE
GATHERINGS THIS WEEK.
THE SCHOOL SAID 17 NURSING
STUDENTS AND FOUR FACULTY
MEMBERS SPEND TIME LAST WEEK
WITH RESIDENTS AND STAFF AT THE
KIRKLAND NURSING HOME, WHERE
TWO PEOPLE WERE DIAGNOSED WITH
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE
MULTIPLE STUDENTS THERE, FOR
MULTIPLE DAYS.
MULTIPLE DAYS. >> DID THE STUDENTS GO BACK TO
CAMPUS AND POSSIBLY HAVE
CONTACT WITH OTHER STUDENTS,
AND FACULTY?
AND FACULTY? >> THEY DID.
AND, THAT IS ALSO ONE OF THE
FACTORS THAT LED TO OUR
DECISION TO CLOSE COMPASS.
>> LAKE WASHINGTON TECH
RESIDENT SAID THE SCHOOL IS
HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING
ANSWERS FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH
ABOUT WHAT TO DO NEXT.
>> WE ARE IN CONTACT WITH THOSE
STUDENTS WHO WERE AT LIFE CARE
LAST WEEK.
LAST WEEK. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED OFFICIAL
GUIDANCE FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. WE ARE AWAITING OFFICIAL HEALTH
DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE ON WHETHER
OR NOT THEY SHOULD QUARANTINE.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE THAT SHOULD BE
A PRIORITY.
A PRIORITY. MEANWHILE, THEY HAVE ACTIVATED
EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTERS TO
ADDRESS THIS.
ADDRESS THIS. PARAMEDICS MAY HAVE HAD CONTACT
WITH CORONAVIRUS PARENTS ARE
CURRENTLY QUARANTINE.
CURRENTLY QUARANTINE. ONE QUARTER OF THE STAFF.
>> ARE YOU STILL ABLE TO
PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE
TO PEOPLE HERE?
>> WE ARE.
AND, BESIDES HAVING A FULL LOAD
OF STAFF, ON BOARD, WE HAVE
MUTUAL AID FROM THE CITY OF
KIRKLAND AND BELLEVUE.
WE CAN COUNT ON THEM IF THINGS
GET A LITTLE CRAZY.
>> EVEN THOUGH WITH THOSE
QUARANTINED YOU ARE AT FULL
STAFF?
STAFF?
STAFF? >>
STAFF? >> WE ARE.
>> TWO MORE AMBULANCE ARRIVED
AT LIFE CARE CENTER FOR DOZENS
ARE STILL BEING MONITORED FOR
CORONAVIRUS SYMPTOMS.
CORONAVIRUS SYMPTOMS. AND ONE OF THE FIREFIGHTERS WHO
RESPONDED HERE EARLIER, WITH
THOSE AMBULANCES TOLD US ONE OF
THE PATIENTS THAT THEY TOOK
AWAY WAS FEELING WITH SOME
RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS. THERE ARE
FOUR CASES IN KING COUNTY AND
THEY ALL LIVED HERE AT THIS
NURSING HOME.
NURSING HOME. >> WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE
DOZENS OF PEOPLE TESTING AS
WELL, THAT NUMBER COULD GO.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. AND NOW TO AMY MARINO.
WHAT DO WE KNOW THERE?
>> Reporter: THEY JUST STARTED
TESTING FOR CORONAVIRUS HERE AT
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON ON
FRIDAY.
FRIDAY.
FRIDAY. IT HAS BEEN A BUSY WEEKEND HERE
AT THE LAB.
THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF STUFF
HERE TONIGHT.
HERE TONIGHT. JUST TO UPDATE YOU ON THE
NUMBERS WE HAVE LEARNED, TODAY,
IN TOTAL THERE ARE SIX NEW
CASES IN KING COUNTY THAT WE
LEARNED ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. THE
DAY. THE FOUR WE HEARD ABOUT AND
INCLUDING SADLY ANOTHER DEATH,
AND TWO OTHERS I WANT TO SHARE
WITH YOU.
WITH YOU.
WITH YOU. ONE MAN WAS HOSPITALIZED AT
VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER AND WE
WERE TOLD HE DOES HAVE OTHER
HEALTH ISSUES. RIGHT NOW HE IS
IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
ANOTHER MAN, IN HIS 60s,
HOSPITALIZED TONIGHT AT
SEATTLE'S VIRGINIA NASON
MEDICAL CENTER.
MEDICAL CENTER. WE ARE ALSO TOLD HE HAS A
HISTORY OF HEALTH PROBLEMS.
HE IS ALSO IN CRITICAL
CONDITION AND THEN PLAY THIS
EVENING WE LEARNED THAT
SNOHOMISH COUNTY IS DOING WITH
ANOTHER CASE, A MAN IN HIS
40s, WHO IS AT EVERGREEN HEALTH
IN KIRKLAND IS LISTED IN
CRITICAL CONDITION.
CRITICAL CONDITION. THEY ARE TRYING TO CONFIRM HOW
HE MAY HAVE CONTRACTED THE
VIRUS, AT THIS POINT.
IT APPEARS TO BE ANOTHER CASE OF
COMMUNITY CONTACT, WHICH IS
ALSO THE CASE FOR ONE OF THE
MEN HOSPITALIZED IN KING
COUNTY.
COUNTY.
COUNTY. WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE OF
THESE COMMUNITY CONTACT CASES.
THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO
INVESTIGATE HOW MANY OF THESE
PEOPLE MAY HAVE GOTTEN THE
VIRUS, AND ALSO WHO THEY HAD
CONTACT WITH, TO TRY AND INFORM
AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
LAST NIGHT THE GOVERNOR DID
DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY,
WHICH CAN KIND OF SOUND A
LITTLE BIT SCARY, BUT THEY SAY
THAT IS REALLY JUST A
FORMALITY.
FORMALITY. HE CAN RELEASE MORE RESOURCES
NOW FOR THE STATE, FOR THE
COUNTY, SO THAT THEY CAN GET
EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO INVEST
IN SUPPORT, PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIALS, SO THAT THEY CAN
RELEASE MORE TO THE CITY AND
COUNTY, SO THAT THEY CAN HELP
FIGHT THIS AND HELP SUPPORT
THOSE WHO ARE DEALING WITH IT.
WE ARE LIVE TONIGHT IN
SHORELINE, AMY MARINO.
>>> A MOMENT AGO TED MENTIONED
THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS AND
MEDICS FROM REDMOND FIRE HAVE
BEEN PLACED IN QUARANTINE.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TWEETED
THIS OUT, OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE
OF CAUTION SEVEN OF OUR MEDICS
HAVE BEEN QUARANTINED BECAUSE
OF POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO THE
COVID-19 VIRUS.
COVID-19 VIRUS. WE ARE FULLY STAFFED IN
RESPONDING TO CALLS.
>>> ON FRIDAY A STUDENT AT
JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL IN
MILLCREEK WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. A LOT OF THE STUDENTS AT THE
SCHOOL FOUND OUT ABOUT IT
DURING A SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
WHEN THE ALERT WENT OUT.
>> I WAS AT MY SCHOOL
PERFORMANCE THING CALLED
VOICELESS WHERE STUDENTS GET ON
STAGE AND LIP-SYNCH WHEN A
STUDENT IN THE CROWD SHOWED
THAT ON THE DISTRICT PAGE.
IT HAD COME DOWN WITH CORONA,
THEN THE ENTIRE STUDENT BODY
THAT WAS THERE STARTED LIKE
LOOKING AT THEIR PHONES FINDING
OUT A STUDENT HAD CORONA.
MOST PEOPLE WERE IN SHOCK AND
DIDN'T BELIEVE IT, BECAUSE MY
FRIENDS FIRST REACTION WAS YOU
ARE LYING, LIKE NO ONE BELIEVED
IT AT FIRST.
>> JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL IS CLOSED
TOMORROW AS CLEANING CONTINUES
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. THE SUPERINTENDENT TOLD US THIS
MORNING HE EXPECTS SCHOOL TO BE
BACK OPEN ON TUESDAY.
>>> IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE
CORONAVIRUS, WHAT ARE THE
SYMPTOMS?
SYMPTOMS?
SYMPTOMS? THE MOST COMMON ARE FEVER AND
RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS LIKE A
COUGH OR SHORTNESS OF.
YOU CAN START FEELING THOSE
SYMPTOMS IN AS LITTLE AS TWO
DAYS, EVEN AS LONG AS TWO
WEEKS.
WEEKS.
WEEKS. THIS IS AFTER YOU ARE EXPOSED.
>>> A LIVE LOOK AT THIS GAME
WHERE FANS CAME TO THE OPENER.
SEBASTIAN ROBERTSON WAS THERE
AND SPOKE TO THE FANS.
SEBASTIAN?
SEBASTIAN? >> Reporter: THE SOUNDERS
ORGANIZATION SAID FANS SAFETY
IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AND
THEY ALSO SAY THAT THEY ARE
FOLLOWING THE GUIDANCE THAT BY
THE CDC AND THE CDC SAID THE
RISK TO THE GENERAL U.S. PUBLIC
IS LOW, AND UNLESS THAT
CHANGES, IT IS TIME TO PLAY
BALL.
BALL.
BALL. COUNT OFF 2019 CUP CHAMPIONSHIP
WIN, SEATTLE SOUNDERS ARE BACK.
>> THIS IS THE OPENING GAME, SO
WE ARE EXCITED.
>> A SUNDAY AFTERNOON HOME
OPENER IS A DRAW THE CITY LOVES
SOCCER.
SOCCER.
SOCCER. THE TIMING OF THE GAME IS
IMPORTANT.
IMPORTANT. >> WE ARE HAVING INCREASING
CASES IN THE UNITED STATES AND
WE EXPECT TO SEE INCREASING
CASES LOCALLY.
CASES LOCALLY. >> SATURDAY THE FIRST DEATH IN
THE UNITED STATES IN KIRKLAND,
DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS COVID-19.
A MAN IN HIS 50s WHO WAS
INITIALLY ADMITTED FOR A
SERIOUS AS PREDATORY CONDITION,
A DEATH THAT PROMPTED STATE AND
LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS TO
REEVALUATE THEIR RESPONSE TO
WHAT HAS BECOME A PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS.
CRISIS.
CRISIS. >> THERE MAY BE TIME WHERE WE
ASK PEOPLE TO AVOID GOING TO
LARGE GATHERINGS, TO AVOID
CONGREGATING IN PUBLIC SETTINGS
LIKE SPORTING EVENTS, SOCIAL
EVENTS AND SO ON.
>> SOMETHING THAT COULD HAPPEN.
BUT, NOT YET, IT IS CAME ON FOR
THE SOUNDERS AND THESE FANS.
>> IF IT IS MEANT TO HAPPEN IT
WILL HAPPEN REGARDLESS OF WHAT
YOU DO.
YOU DO.
YOU DO. >> YOU HAVE GOT TO LIVE LIFE.
>> I AM NOT GOING TO LET IT
STOP ME.
STOP ME.
STOP ME. >> YOU HAVE TO TRUST THE CDC
THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE
TALKING ABOUT, AND SO WE WILL
ABIDE BY THE OBVIOUSLY, BUT NOT
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. NOT UNTIL THEY PULL THE TRIGGER.
>> THE SOUNDERS CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE SITUATION, THEY
HAVE ESTABLISHED A REGIONAL
TASK FORCE AND A NATIONAL ONE
INVOLVING MLS, AS THEY CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE SPREAD OF THE
CORONAVIRUS, AND THE POTENTIAL
IMPACT ON ITS FANS.
IN SEATTLE, SEBASTIAN ROBERTSON,
KING 5 NEWS.
>>> WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A LOT
OF INFORMATION TO GO THROUGH,
AND IT IS CONSTANTLY BEING
UPDATED.
UPDATED.
UPDATED. WE HAVE COMPILED IN A SPECIAL
CORONAVIRUS SECTION ON OUR
WEBSITE.
WEBSITE.
WEBSITE. TO GET THERE YOU CAN TEXT THE