A sign at the entrance of the Life Care Center is shown in Kirkland, Wash., near Seattle, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Dozens of people associated with the facility are reportedly ill with respiratory symptoms or hospitalized and are being tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
March 3, 2020
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March 3, 2020 5:10 p.m.
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.