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Groceries, cleaning supplies, prescription medicine, and other items are shown on the front porch of the home of Bob and Pat McCauley, Friday, March 6, 2020, in Kirkland, Wash. The items were left by their daughter, who is avoiding close contact with her parents since they began being self-quarantined in their home during the past week due to having visited friends at the Life Care Center nursing home — which has become the epicenter of the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Washington state — several times in February. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Groceries, cleaning supplies, prescription medicine, and other items are shown on the front porch of the home of Bob and Pat McCauley, Friday, March 6, 2020, in Kirkland, Wash. The items were left by their daughter, who is avoiding close contact with her parents since they began being self-quarantined in their home during the past week due to having visited friends at the Life Care Center nursing home — which has become the epicenter of the outbreak of the COVID-19 coro…

March 7, 2020

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Nursing home showed few signs it prepared for virus outbreak
March 7, 2020 6:49 a.m.

Nursing home showed few signs it prepared for virus outbreak

KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) — In the days before the Life Care Center nursing home became ground zero for coronavirus deaths in the U.S., there were few signs it was girding against an illness spreading rapidly around the world.