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Washington state firefighters who came into contact with coronavirus patients have been quarantined"out of an abundance of caution," a local official said Saturday. They will remain isolated for two weeks.
In neighboring Kirkland, also in King County, firefighters who responded to an outbreak at a nursing home are being quarantined either at home or at a facility. At least 27 patients and 25 staff members at the Life Care Center have symptoms associated with COVID-19, according to local health officials.Earlier on Saturday,
Officials in Cook County, Illinois, which includes Chicago, said on Saturday that the patient has been hospitalized and is in isolation. State and local public health officials are calling it a presumptive case of COVID-19 until the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirm lab results.
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