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SHORELINE 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.
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.
Its concerning that this individual did not travel, since this individual acquired it in the community, Washington state health officer Dr. Kathy Lofy told reporters Friday at a news conference at the Department of Health Shoreline. We really believe now that the risk is increasing.
Both cases are considered presumptive positive, 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.
The 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 Snohomish County clinics this week, Spitters said.
Because he was feeling better, he returned to school Friday morning, but after his tests came back positive, he went home before attending class.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/2-new-coronavirus-cases-emerge-in-washington-in-king-county-and-snohomish-county/
DUgosh
(3,052 posts)Never got a chance to review this new virus communication and approve its release
bern2020
(23 posts)there must be lots of cases in the community already