DOWNTOWN
DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE. POWER LINES AND DEBRIS
SCATTERED EVERYWHERE.
SCATTERED EVERYWHERE. THESE NEW PICTURES COMING IN
OUT OF NASHVILLE.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW
THIS BREAKING STORY AND BRING
YOU THE LATEST.
>>> WE ARE ALSO FOLLOWING THE
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON THE
CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK IN
WESTERN WASHINGTON.
WESTERN WASHINGTON. >> OUR MISSION HERE AT KING 5
IS TO GIVE YOU FACTS AND NOT
FEAR.
FEAR.
FEAR. LOCAL AND STATE HEALTH
OFFICIALS SAYING THEY ARE
TAKING THIS VERY SERIOUSLY.
SIX PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THE
CORONAVIRUS HERE IN WASHINGTON
STATE.
STATE.
STATE. THERE ARE NOW 18 TOTAL
CONFIRMED CASES.
CONFIRMED CASES. THE OUTBREAK HAS FORCED
SEVERAL SCHOOLS TO CLOSE.
SOME LOCAL CITIES AND COUNTIES
HAVE A CLEAR PLAN TO DECLARED
STATES OF EMERGENCY.
TO FREE UP RESOURCES AND MONEY
TO CONTAIN THE VIRUS.
SNOHOMISH COUNTY EXECUTIVE
DAVID SOMMER SAYS HE WILL
DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. THIS COMES AFTER THE COUNTY'S
HEALTH DEPARTMENT DID CONFIRM
THREE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS
INCLUDING A TEENAGER AT
JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL IN MILL
CREEK.
CREEK.
CREEK. LAST NIGHT LEADERS FROM
VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND CITIES
IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE
STATEMENT TO TALK ABOUT THE
IMPACT OF THE OUTBREAK AND
WHAT IS EXPECTED TO DO.
>> WE MIGHT SEE CLOSURES,
ADDITIONAL SCHOOL CLOSURES.
PUBLIC FACILITY CLOSURES.
BECAUSE IT IS NECESSARY WE
TAKE THE STEPS IF THERE IS A
DANGER OF INFECTION TO THE
PUBLIC.
PUBLIC.
PUBLIC. >> CARRIED THIS DISCUSSION ON
OUR FACEBOOK PAGE LIVE LAST
NIGHT AND IS STILL POSTED ON
THE FACEBOOK PAGE AND YOU CAN
FIND A LINK ON KING5.COM.
>>> MORE SCHOOLS ARE PREPARING
FOR THE NORTH.
THE NORTH SHORE SCHOOL
DISTRICT HAS CANCELED ALL
CLASSES TO DATE SO STAFF CAN
TRAIN FOR REMOTE LEARNING.
AMITY ADDRISI IS LIVE AT THE
SCHOOL DISTRICTS OFFICE IN
BOTHELL THIS MORNING.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
THE SUPERINTENDENT IS VERY
AWARE OF HOW FAST THE VIRUS
HAS BEEN SPREADING AND THAT IS
WHY SHE IS PREPARED TO MAKE
SURE STUDENTS CAN STILL LEARN
IF THEY DO HAVE TO CLOSE DOWN
SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS. JUST YESTERDAY, ONE OF THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ELEMENTARY
SCHOOLS, FRANK LOVE
ELEMENTARY, WAS CLOSED AS A
STAFF MEMBER WITH FLULIKE
SYMPTOMS WAS TESTED FOR THE
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. THE ENTIRE SCHOOL WAS
DISINFECTED.
DISINFECTED. IN A LETTER TO FAMILIES
EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE
SUPERINTENDENT SAID THERE ARE
STUDENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS
ACROSS THE DISTRICT WHO ARE
CONCERNED THEY HAVE BEEN
EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS.
NOW THE SUPERINTENDENT IS
LOOKING AHEAD AS STAFF PREPARE
TO CONTINUE LESSONS REMOTELY.
>> WE WILL UTILIZE A GLOBAL
CLASSROOM FORMAT AT BOTHELL
HIGH SCHOOL SO STUDENTS CAN
WORK ON ASSIGNMENTS AT HOME.
AND TEACHERS ARE ABLE TO
PROVIDE THE SO THE LEARNING
DOESN'T STOP BECAUSE KIDS ARE
NOT SITTING IN CLASS.
>> Reporter: LAST WEEK,
BOTHELL HIGH SCHOOL WAS ALSO
CLOSE TO TO POSSIBLE EXPOSURE
TO THE CORONAVIRUS.
STAFF MEMBER AT THE HIGH
SCHOOL HAD A FAMILY MEMBER
FALL SICK AFTER TRAVELING
INTERNATIONALLY.
INTERNATIONALLY. THAT PERSON HAS TESTED
NEGATIVE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ALSO
DOING A MASSIVE DISINFECTION
OF ALL SCHOOL CAMPUSES TODAY
AND WE WILL HAVE THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE NORTH
SHORE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON OUR
SHOW AND SHE WILL TALK WITH
THE SLAB COMING UP AT 9:45.
FOR NOW I AM LIVE IN RIFLE,
KIERRA ELFALAN, KING 5 NEWS.
>>> WE HOPE YOU WILL TURN TO
HIM.
HIM.
HIM. AND
HIM. AND IN ADDITION, WE HAVE NINE
OTHERS THAT ARE ALSO CLOSE.
EASTSIDE PREP IN KIRKLAND.
KENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL IN
COVINGTON ELEMENTARY ARE ALSO
CLOSE.
CLOSE.
CLOSE. LAKE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY IN KIRKLAND.
GROWTH ELEMENTARY AND EARLY
LEARNING CENTER CLOSED IN
MARYSVILLE.
MARYSVILLE. BELLEVUE CHILDREN'S ACADEMY
AND WILLOWS PREPARATORY SCHOOL
IN REDMOND.
IN REDMOND. THEY ARE ALL CLOSED.
>>> THEY SAID THEY WERE
UPDATED.
UPDATED.
UPDATED. THEY ARE WAITING TO SEE IF
THEY HAVE THE CORONAVIRUS OR
IF THEY JUST HAVE THE FLU OR
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. >> ONE PARENT TOLD US IT WAS A
WISE MOVE BUT ANOTHER PARENT
HAD A DIFFERENT TAKE.
HER CHILD ATTENDS SCHOOL IN
THE PUYALLUP SCHOOL DISTRICT.
>> I THINK THAT IS A LITTLE
BIT GOING OVERBOARD BECAUSE
THE HEALTHIEST
ARE
ARE OUR
ARE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR KIDS.
>> THE SCHOOL SITE THE
CULTURES ALLOW FOR VALUABLE
TIME TO DISINFECT CAMPUSES.
>>> YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE NOW
OUTSIDE EVERGREEN HELP IN
KIRKLAND.
KIRKLAND.
KIRKLAND. GROUND ZERO FOR ALL THE CASES.
THIS IS WHERE ALL SIX
CORONAVIRUS DEATH HAVE
HAPPENED HERE IN OUR STATE.
SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE STILL
INSIDE THIS MORNING BEING
TREATED FOR CORONAVIRUS.
OF THE SIX PEOPLE WHO DIED,
FOUR WERE ELDERLY, IN THE 70s
OR 80s, AND RESIDENTS OF THE
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY IN
KIRKLAND, ALTHOUGH ONE HAD
UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS
MAKING THEM MORE VULNERABLE
AND DOZENS MORE ARE AWAITING
TEST RESULTS.
TEST RESULTS. KELLY GREENBERG IS LIVE
OUTSIDE THE FACILITY IN
KIRKLAND THIS MORNING AND YOU
WERE TELLING US THAT A
MELISSA'S WERE COMING AND
GOING EVEN THROUGH THIS
MORNING?
MORNING?
MORNING? >> Reporter: IN FACT, WE JUST
SAW A SET OF& TAKE OFF ABOUT A
HALF HOUR AGO.
WE HAVE SEEN THESE CLUSTERS OF
TWO OR THREE SETS OF
AMBULANCES COMING IN AND
TRANSPORT PATIENTS AND OF
COURSE IT COULD BE DUE TO
OTHER UNDERLYING HEALTH
ISSUES.
ISSUES.
ISSUES. WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM THE
LIFE CARE CENTER, THEIR
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSTED A
LETTER ON THE WEBSITE THAT
SAYS IF SOMEONE BEGINS TO SO
SYMPTOMS OF THE CORONAVIRUS
THEY NEED TO BE TRANSPORTED TO
A LOCAL HOSPITAL TO BE TESTED.
WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW, AS YOU
MENTIONED, PROBABLY OF THE SIX
DEATHS IN OUR STATE ARE ALL
CONNECTED TO THE LIFE CARE
CENTER AND WE KNOW THAT UP ALL
THE CONFIRMED CASES, NINE OF
THE CASES ARE BY SOMEONE WHO
EITHER LIVES OR WORKS INSIDE
THE LIFE CARE CENTER.
NOW DOCTORS ARE OF OF COURSE,
WORRIED ABOUT THE VIRUS
SPREADING FROM THE DOZENS OF
PEOPLE WHO ENTER AND LEAVE
THIS BUILDING AND IN FACT, A
GROUP OF 18 STUDENTS AND FOUR
FACULTY MEMBERS FROM LAKE
WASHINGTON INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY, THEY VISITED THE
NURSING HOME JUST LAST WEEK
BEFORE ANYONE KNEW THERE WAS
CORONAVIRUS INSIDE OF THE
BUILDING.
BUILDING.
BUILDING. THE STUDENTS HAVE NOW, AND THE
FACULTY, THEY HAVE BEEN ASKED
TO SOUTH CORNING FOR THE NEXT
PROPER WEEKS.
PROPER WEEKS. DOCTOR AMY MORSE IS THE
PRESIDENT OF LAKE WASHINGTON
TECH AND WHAT SHE TOLD US IS
THAT SHE DID NOT HEAR FROM THE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT UNTIL SUNDAY
NIGHT AND THEN THE RECOMMENDED
THAT THE STUDENTS AND FACULTY
QUARANTINE ON MONDAY.
>> YES, I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO
HAVE HAD THE INFORMATION
INSTANTLY BUT THIS IS QUICKLY
EVOLVING AND I DO BELIEVE
THERE ARE DOING THE BEST THAT
THE CAN.
THE CAN.
THE CAN. >> Reporter: LAKE WASHINGTON
TEX CAMPUS WAS CLOSED
YESTERDAY AND IT WILL ALSO BE
CLOSE TODAY AS THEY DISINFECT
THE ENTIRE CAMPUS.
AS FOR THE LIFE CARE CENTER,
AS I MENTIONED, THEY ARE
CONTINUING TO MONITOR THE
PEOPLE LIVING HERE IN THE
FACULTY REPORT SYMPTOMS OF THE
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. IF THEY DO BEGIN TO SHOW
SYMPTOMS, WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY
NEED TO BE TRANSPORTED TO A
LOCAL HOSPITAL.
LOCAL HOSPITAL. THAT IS THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN
GET TESTED FOR THE VIRUS.
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSTED
THEY ARE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW
RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE CDC.
FOR NOW LIVE IN KIRKLAND,
KELLY GREENBERG, KING 5 NEWS.
>>> THE GOVERNOR SAYS THE
STATE IS DOING EVERYTHING HE
CAN TO CONTROL THE SPREAD OF
THE VIRUS.
THE VIRUS. HE SAID THE PUBLIC SHOULD HELP
AS WELL.
AS WELL.
AS WELL. WASH YOUR HANDS AND AVOID
SHAKING OTHER PEOPLE'S HANDS.
SANITIZE COMMON AREAS.
IF YOU HAVE COMPROMISED IMMUNE
SYSTEMS OR ARE ELDERLY, THINK
ABOUT ABORTING PUBLIC EVENTS
AND OF COURSE, STAY HOME IF
YOU ARE SICK.
>>> I AM FOLLOWING THIS
ADVICE.
ADVICE.
ADVICE. I
ADVICE. I DIDN'T COME TO WORK
WEDNESDAY.
WEDNESDAY. I HAD A COUGH WEDNESDAY.
IN IT IS HARD TO DO.
WE ARE ALL WRAPPED UP IN OUR
JOBS OR IDENTITIES IN OUR JOBS
IT IS HARD TO DO BUT I CAN'T
STRESS HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS
AND WHY THAT IS, IT SOUNDS
KIND OF WEIRD, BUT IT IS A BIT
OF A PATRIOTIC ACT RIGHT NOW
OF NOT GOING TO WORK.
>> THE STATES HEALTH SECRETARY
IS ALSO ASKING FOR $100
MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS TO
COMBAT THE VIRUS.
>>> KING COUNTY AS A UNIQUE
WAY TO HELP PEOPLE WHO NEED TO
BE COURTING.
BE COURTING. THE COUNTY PLANS TO USE
MODULAR HOUSING UNITS SO
PEOPLE WILL HAVE PLACES TO BE
ISOLATED AND RECOVER.
THE EXECUTIVE SAYS THEY ARE
ALSO IN FINAL NEGOTIATIONS TO
PURCHASE A MOTEL FOR PATIENTS.
HE WILL JOIN US RIGHT HERE IN
STUDIO AT 6:15 TO TALK ABOUT
THE PLANS.
THE PLANS. >>> SEVERAL REI EMPLOYEES SAY
THE COMPANY'S CORPORATE
CAMPUSES IN WASHINGTON ARE
CLOSE BECAUSE OF CORONAVIRUS
CONCERNS.
CONCERNS.
CONCERNS. TWO INCIDENTS A POSSIBLE
EXPOSURE HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
IT SAYS REI WAS TO AIR ON THE
SIDE OF CAUTION AND WILL HAVE