{"id":39138,"date":"2020-02-29T03:28:23","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T09:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=39138"},"modified":"2020-02-29T03:39:15","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T09:39:15","slug":"39138","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=39138","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

2 new coronavirus cases emerge in Washington, in King and Snohomish counties<\/a><\/p>\n

Here you go Bob.<\/p>\n

SHORELINE \u2014 Two new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Washington, in a King County woman and a Snohomish County teenager, state and local officials said Friday night.<\/p>\n

The woman had recently been to South Korea, a country affected by the outbreak. But the Snohomish County patient, a high school student, did not recently travel to any countries affected by SARS-CoV-2, the official name of the novel coronavirus, said Snohomish Health District officer Dr. Chris Spitters.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s concerning that this individual did not travel, since this individual acquired it in the community,\u201d Washington state health officer Dr. Kathy Lofy told reporters Friday at a news conference at the Department of Health Shoreline. \u201cWe really believe now that the risk is increasing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both cases are considered \u201cpresumptive positive,\u201d as test results were confirmed at the Shoreline site Friday, but are also being sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for confirmation. A case awaiting confirmation by the CDC was also reported Friday in Oregon.<\/p>\n

The case in Oregon, two in California and the new Snohomish County case do not appear linked to travel to a country affected by the outbreak.<\/p>\n

The Snohomish County student, who attends Henry M. Jackson High School in Mill Creek, became ill Monday with a fever, body aches and a headache, and visited two clinics in the county this week, Spitters said.<\/p>\n

Because he was feeling better, he returned to school Friday morning, but after his tests came back positive, he went home before attending class…………<\/p>\n

The King County patient is a woman in her 50s, said Dr. Jeffrey Duchin, health officer at Public Health \u2013 Seattle & King County. She returned to Washington from South Korea on Feb. 23 and worked for one day before developing symptoms, Duchin said. Her husband then called county health officials to report her symptoms and travel history.<\/p>\n

She did not interact with the public during her workday, Duchin said, and is recovering at home \u201cwithout complications.\u201d A workplace investigation is underway.<\/p>\n

Her husband has not shown any symptoms. He is also under home quarantine………<\/p>\n

The\u00a035-year-old Snohomish County man who was the United States\u2019 first patient confirmed to have the virus is considered fully recovered. He had recently visited Wuhan, China, where the global outbreak began in December.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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