First responders and medical staff test positive for coronavirus. UW doctors not getting masks

Members of the Kirkland Fire Department transport a patient from the Life Care Center of Kirkland, the long-term care facility at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in Washington state, on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Kirkland.  CREDIT: KUOW PHOTO/MEGAN FARMER

kuow.org - by Ashley Hiruko and Isolde Raftery - March 3, 2020

 . . . 26 firefighters and three police officers in Kirkland, Washington, are in quarantine. All those cases are linked to the first responders contact with the Life Care Center, a nursing home where there has been an outbreak of the virus.

As of Tuesday, 12 of these first responders were showing flu-like symptoms, Kirkland officials reported. Most are in home isolation and quarantine.

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