Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, left, talks with Washington State Health Officer Dr. Kathy Lofy, right, Tuesday, March 3, 2020, following a private tour of the International Community Health Services Clinic in Seattle's International District. Inslee urged people to wash hands frequently and practice other measures of health hygiene during the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak and told people to stay home from work and public events if they don't feel well or have any symptoms of il…
March 3, 2020
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Tensions rise as US death toll from coronavirus reaches 9
SEATTLE (AP) — Tensions over how to contain the coronavirus escalated Tuesday in the United States as the death toll climbed to nine and lawmakers expressed doubts about the government's ability to ramp up testing fast enough to deal with the crisis.