Gene Campbell talks through a window with his wife of more than 60 years at the Life Care Center, long-term care facility linked to several confirmed coronavirus cases in Kirkland, Washington.
5:52 p.m. 21 people test positive on Grand Princess cruise ship
Dr. Deborah Birx, coronavirus response coordinator for the White House, said a"comprehensive approach" would be taken to"make sure their health and welfare is addressed." Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said two people in the state have contracted the virus, the state's first cases. One person is an adult from Wayne County and at home in isolation, while the other is an adult from Delaware County and also in home isolation, according to Wolf. He said that in both cases, the people had traveled to an area where COVID-19 is present.SXSW has been canceled due to novel coronavirus, the film festival organizers announced.
There have been 14 deaths in Washington, with one in California. Twelve of the deaths have taken place at Evergreen Hospital in King County, Washington.Pat Herrick holds up a picture of her mother Elaine Herick, 89, who passed away in the morning at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, a long-term care facility linked to several confirmed coronavirus cases, in Kirkland, Washington, March 5, 2020.
"We are now on the verge of reaching 100,000 confirmed cases," Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, said. 'We did everything that we could to run the event as planned, but ultimately, we are following the guidance of the local public health officials indicating that conventions should now be postponed," according to a statement from Reedpop, the organizers of the event.The city has turned into"a ghost town" since the virus began to spread, Microsoft employee Alina Nadoyan told ABC News Thursday.
"I cannot stress how urgent it is for OPM to ensure the well-being of federal employees, reduce the spread of COVID-19 among citizens, and provide the maximum protection of economic activity and vital government services during this crisis through the authorization of widespread telework usage in all federal agencies," he continued.
Gene Campbell talks through a window with his wife of more than 60 years, Dorothy Campbell, at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, the long-term care facility linked to several confirmed coronavirus cases in the state, in Kirkland, Washington, March 5, 2020.He acknowledged there had been"a breakdown here." Family members of residents living there had previously said they'd been unable to reach loved ones and couldn't get any information on what was happening.
"Given the global spread of this illness, the question was never if Indiana would have a case, but when it would arrive," State Health Commissioner Kris Box said."I want to stress that this is an isolated case, and that this patient and the hospital did everything possible to limit the risk of exposure to other individuals."
An ambulance drives past the St. Anna gate, one of the entrances to the Vatican, March 6, 2020. The Vatican confirmed the walled city-state's first case of the new coronavirus and closed some offices as a precaution while Pope Francis continued recovering from a cold.All non-emergency medical services at the Vatican clinic have been suspended while health officials disinfect the premises, according to the spokesman.
A Google spokesperson told ABC News in a statement Friday that the company encouraged employees in its Washington offices to work from home if their roles allow. An employee in a drug store wraps protective face masks, amid an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, at Zaventem international airport near Brussels, Belgium, on March 4, 2020.
The Grand Princess cruise ship remained docked off the California coast Friday morning as health officials await results from dozens of coronavirus tests. Passengers on board the Grand Princess cruise ship, which had previously carried two passengers who contracted the novel coronavirus, watch while a U.S. military helicopter hovers above the deck, as they approach their original destination of San Francisco, California, on March 5, 2020.
Health officials confirmed the first three positive cases of COVID-19 in Maryland on Thursday, prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency.Two Microsoft employees have been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus in Washington State, a company spokesperson told ABC News on Friday.
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