Mike Weatherill, whose mother died a day earlier, speaks during a news conference, Thursday, March 5, 2020, in Kirkland, Wash. Family members of residents of the nursing home where multiple people have died from the coronavirus spoke to the media about their loved ones as Washington state authorities reported dozens more cases. (Steve Ringman/The Seattle Times via AP)
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Cruise ship is held off California coast for virus testing
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Scrambling to keep the coronavirus at bay, officials ordered a cruise ship with 3,500 people aboard to stay back from the California coast Thursday until passengers and crew can be tested, after a traveler from its previous voyage died of the disease and at least four others became infected.