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Seattle firefighters wearing masks, gowns, and gloves to protect against the transmission of the new coronavirus, walk and stand near their engine after responding to a medical call in Seattle Tuesday, March 24, 2020. First responders across the country are now responding to even routine calls wearing personal protective equipment to try and slow the outbreak of the new coronavirus, which causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Virus: Firefighters ask public to be honest if they’re sick

By MARTHA BELLISLE - Associated Press

Justices decline challenge to Seattle ‘democracy vouchers’

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 13, 2020, file photo, a nurse works in the room of a patient who has tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., near Seattle. Nursing home outbreaks of COVID-19 have raised concern in the U.S. since the incident at Life Care Center. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

For nursing homes, symptoms aren’t enough to tell who’s sick

By CARLA K. JOHNSON and MIKE STOBBE - Associated Press

Man, woman shot while sleeping in separate Seattle shootings

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Customers sit in a dining area of Cafe Cosmos in downtown Seattle, Sunday, March 15, 2020. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Sunday night that he would order all bars, restaurants, entertainment and recreation facilities in the state to temporarily close to fight the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Inslee said that restaurants could continue take-out and delivery services, the owner of the cafe said he would continue to offer take-out coffee and other food. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Inslee orders all bars/restaurants to close to fight virus

By RACHEL LA CORTE - Associated Press

Jennifer Haller is reflected in a mirror as she waits in an exam room before she was given a shot by a pharmacist in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, Monday, March 16, 2020, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. Haller was the first person to receive the shot in the study. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Volunteers fight virus by testing new experimental vaccine

By CARLA K. JOHNSON - Associated Press

Pharmacist Michael Witte, left, gives Rebecca Sirull, right, a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, Monday, March 16, 2020, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. Sirull is the third patient to receive the shot in the study. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Coronavirus vaccine volunteers take trial’s first injections

By Carla K. Johnson - Associated Press

Passengers on a flight from Paris arrive at Logan International Airport in Boston, Friday, March, 13, 2020. Beginning at midnight Friday most Europeans will be banned from entering the United States for 30 days to try to slow down the spread of the coronavirus. Americans returning from Europe will be subject to enhanced health screening. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. The vast majority of people recover from the new virus. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Trump’s latest travel ban highlights gaps in containment net

By CANDICE CHOI and BERNARD CONDON and CARLA K. JOHNSON - Associated Press

A few visitors walk around an Egyptian exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. New York state is shuttering schools and houses of worship for two weeks in part of a suburb and sending the National Guard there to help respond to what appears to be the nation's biggest cluster of cases of the coronavirus.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Virus darkens stages, silences orchestras across the US

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee talks to the media about the decision to close schools in three counties in response to COVID-19, on Thursday, March 12, 2020, in Olympia, Wash. All public and private K-12 schools in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties will be closed for six weeks, and Inslee said there could be closures in more counties soon. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)

Inslee expands closures statewide, virus deaths reach 37

By MARTHA BELLISLE - Associated Press

A health official sprays disinfectant in the wake of the new coronavirus outbreak ahead of the Friday prayer at a mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 13, 2020. The vast majority of people recover from the new virus. According to the World Health Organization, people with mild illness recover in about two weeks, while those with more severe illness may take three to six weeks to recover. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

The Latest: Puerto Rico sees its first cases of coronavirus

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee reads from an email from his mobile phone as he talks to reporters while King County Executive Dow Constantine listens, Wednesday, March 11, 2020, during a news conference in Seattle. In efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Inslee announced a ban on large public gatherings in three counties in the metro Seattle area. The vast majority of people recover from the new coronavirus. According to the World Health Organization, most people recover in about two to six weeks, depending on the severity of the illness. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear)

Inslee orders all greater Seattle area schools to close

By MARTHA BELLISLE and RACHEL LA CORTE - Associated Press

Seattle Mariners' Connor Lien, left, and Mitch Nay stop to sign autographs before a spring training baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, in Peoria, Ariz. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) **FILE**

Mariners move home games out of Seattle thru end of March

By Tim Booth - Associated Press

Workers from a Servpro disaster recovery team wearing protective suits and respirators enter the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., to begin cleaning and disinfecting the facility, Wednesday, March 11, 2020, near Seattle. The nursing home is at the center of the coronavirus outbreak in Washington state. For most people, the virus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Governor bans large gatherings in greater Seattle area

By MARTHA BELLISLE and RACHEL LA CORTE - Associated Press

A patient is loaded into an ambulance, Tuesday, March 10, 2020, at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., near Seattle. The nursing home is at the center of the outbreak of the coronavirus in Washington state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Americans snap to attention on virus as big events canceled

By MICHELLE R. SMITH and MARTHA BELLISLE and RACHEL LA CORTE - Associated Press

In this March 6, 2020 photo, bus, bike, pedestrian and car traffic is light on Pike St. in downtown Seattle at 5:20 pm during the Friday evening commute. Many of the region's big employers, including Microsoft and Amazon, have started asking workers to stay home and work remotely, and while the closures may help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, it also throws restaurants, shops and hotels into uncertainty. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Seattle small businesses pinched as virus keeps workers home

By RACHEL LERMAN and GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

Flowers left next to the sign that marks the entrance to the parking lot of the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash. are shown Monday, March 9, 2020, near Seattle. The nursing home is at the center of the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Washington state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

AP source: Inslee to ban large gatherings in Seattle area

By RACHEL LA CORTE and MARTHA BELLISLE - Associated Press

Bill OK’d to let Seattle ticket bus lane, other violators

Associated Press

In this March 6, 2020, photo, a classroom is seen vacant through a window at Saint Raphael Academy in Pawtucket, R.I., as the school remains closed following a confirmed case of the coronavirus. As a growing number of schools around the country close their doors because of the new coronavirus, they are confronted with the dilemma of whether to move classes online and run the risk of leaving behind the many students who don't have internet or computers at home, or parents with flexible work schedule. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Schools wrestle with fairness of closures during outbreak

By MICHELLE R. SMITH and COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

Sounders get video review help in 1-1 draw with Columbus

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