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A new tent stands outside the emergency entrance of Harborview Medical Center Saturday, March 28, 2020, in Seattle. Harborview and University of Washington Medicine are preparing a "surge plan" that will enable its hospitals to better respond to the coronavirus outbreak. Under the plan, ambulatory patients with respiratory illness symptoms will be separated from other patients when they arrive at hospitals' emergency departments and be directed to a new treatment area in a tent outside of the emergency department. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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Inslee: Washington needs more coronavirus test supplies
March 29, 2020 11:13 a.m.

Inslee: Washington needs more coronavirus test supplies

SEATTLE (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee said Sunday that Washington state still has a shortage of coronavirus testing kits and again suggested the shutdown of most businesses and extreme social distancing would likely have to be extended to fight the disease.