- A person in Washington state has died from COVID-19.
- New cases of the infection caused by the novel coronavirus were confirmed in the U.S.
- The U.S. State Department issued a no-travel advisory for parts of Italy and South Korea.
- Tokyo Disneyland and three other major theme parks in Japan are shutting down for at least two weeks.
- The Louvre Museum in Paris closed Sunday.
President Donald Trump on Sunday said travelers from high risk countries will be screened for the new coronavirus twice before being allowed to enter the U.S.
"In addition to screening travelers 'prior to boarding' from certain designated high risk countries, or areas within those countries, they will also be screened when they arrive in America," Trump said in a tweet Sunday morning.
His tweet came the day after the first death in the U.S. from COVID-19 was confirmed Saturday in the Seattle area.
Dr. Frank Reido, medical director of infection control at Evergreen Health Hospital in Kirkland where the patient died, said in a press conference Saturday that the person was a man with underlying risk factors. The patient was in his 50s and had no history of travel or contact with anyone known to have COVID-19.
Vice President Mike Pence, who has been designated as the lead on coronavirus for the White House, said Sunday on "State of the Union with Mike Tapper" when asked if the U.S. could see more deaths, “It is possible. We could have more sad news, but the American people should know that the risk for the average American remains low.”
The person who died at Evergreen Health was one of a handful of new infections of unknown origin being reported in Washington, Oregon and California. Those cases include two others in Kirkland, a Seattle suburb in King County. The two are both connected to a long-term care facility called Life Care Center of Kirkland, according to The Associated Press.
One is an employee and one is a resident at the the facility.
“In addition, over 50 individuals associated with Life Care are reportedly ill with respiratory symptoms or hospitalized with pneumonia or other respiratory conditions of unknown cause and are being tested for COVID-19,” Seattle and King County officials said. “Additional positive cases are expected.”
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Dr. Jeff Duchin, public health officer for King County, said all three cases are the result of "community transmission."
“None of these cases traveled, so our assumption is all of these cases were acquired from another person," Duchin said. "We believe that these are cases of community transmission acquired here in King County. What that says to us, as we test more, we will probably find more cases of this disease.”
Duchin said the presence of confirmed severe cases means there are probably other people who are infected but don't know it.
“We know we can’t stop it, it’s here and it’s going to be here with us in the U.S. for quite a while," Duchin said. "But we can reduce our risk.”
A fourth person in King County also has coronavirus, but the woman had recently traveled to South Korea. There are also two cases in Snohomish County.
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EvergreenHealth Medical Center in Kirkland, Wash., on Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. State health officials announced Saturday that one man has died at the hospital from the new coronavirus, marking the first such reported death in the United States. Gov. Jay Inslee directed state agencies to use “all resources necessary” to prepare for and respond to the outbreak.
(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)Other cases of COVID-19 of unknown origin are in Santa Clara County, California, and Portland, Oregon, according to the AP.
“This case represents some degree of community spread, some degree of circulation," Dr. Sara Cody, health officer for Santa Clara County and director of the County of Santa Clara Public Health Department, said. "But we don’t know to what extent. It could be a little, it could be a lot."
Cody added: “We need to begin taking important additional measures to at least slow it down as much as possible."
Man Wearing Face Mask in San Francisco
Cameron Nightingale adjusts his mask and gloves, a precaution to protect himself from coronavirus, while walking by cable car in San Francisco, California on Feb. 27, 2020.
(JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)Officials in Solano County, California, had previously reported a case of unknown origin.
The total number of COVID-19 infections in the U.S. was at 71 as of Sunday morning, according to data tracked by Johns Hopkins University. Most of the cases are among passengers on the Diamond Princess Cruise ship who returned to the U.S. after the ship was quarantined in Japan.
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The World Health Organization upgraded the global risk assessment for the novel coronavirus to "very high" on Friday, citing the spread of the disease outside China.
“The continued increase in the number of cases and the number of affected countries over the last few days are clearly of concern," WHO director general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a news briefing. "Our epidemiologists have been monitoring this development continuously and we have now increased our assessment of the risk of spread and the risk of impact of COVID-19 to very high at global level.”
“What we see at the moment are linked epidemics of COVID-19 in several countries, but most cases can still be traced to known contacts or clusters of cases," Tedros said. “We do not see evidence as yet that the virus is spreading freely in communities. As long as that’s the case we still have a chance of containing this virus.”
Man Wearing Face Mask in California
A man wears a face mask while pushing his shopping cart in Alhambra, California, on Feb. 27, 2020.
(FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)The vast majority of cases continue to be reported in mainland China, where more than 79,000 people had been infected and more than 2,800 had died as of Sunday morning.
Other Developments
-Worldwide the number of cases of COVID-19 was nearly 87,000 Sunday morning, according to Johns Hopkins. The number of deaths was 2,979. The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has spread to nearly 60 countries.
-A Chines study published Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine analyzing 1,099 patients at more than 500 hospitals throughout China calculated a death rate of 1.4%, substantially lower than earlier studies. Assuming there are many more cases with no or very mild symptoms, “the case fatality rate may be considerably less than 1%,” U.S. health officials wrote in an editorial in the journal.
-The U.S. State Department on Sunday urged Americans not to travel to Lombard and Veneto, the two Italian regions hardest hit by the new coronavirus. A similar advisory, the highest from the State Department, is already in effect for China. The number of cases in Italy sits at 1,128 infected and 29 deaths.
-The U.S. Surgeon General on Saturday pleaded with Americans to stop buying masks in hopes of preventing infection. In a tweet, he wrote, "Seriously people- STOP BUYING MASKS! They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus, but if healthcare providers can’t get them to care for sick patients, it puts them and our communities at risk!"
-The Louvre Museum in Paris closed Sunday because of workers' fears of being contaminated, AP reported. The shutdown followed a government decision Saturday to ban indoor public gatherings of more than 5,000 people.
-Also in Paris, the archbishop advised parish priests not to administer communion by placing the sacramental bread in worshippers' mouths. Instead, priests were told to place the bread in their hands.
-Only about 300 elite runners participated and 600 volunteers participated in the Tokyo Marathon on Sunday, CNN reported. The marathon is usually one of Japan's biggest sporting events of the year, attracting up to 35,000 participants and 10,000 volunteers.
-Tokyo Disneyland and three other major theme parks in Japan are shutting down for at least two weeks over fears of coronavirus. Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo DisneySea, Universal Studios Japan and Legoland Japan were closed starting Saturday. Schools in the country are closed for all of March.
-Cases surged again in South Korea, with more than 3,100 confirmed as of Saturday morning. Seventeen people have died.
-Mexico reported its first two cases of COVID-19 on Friday.
-The Dow Jones Industrial Average had its worst week since the financial crash of 2008, according to the Washington Post. Stocks in Europe and Asia also tanked.
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Workers spray disinfectant at a market in Seoul, South Korea
Workers wearing protective gears spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus at a market in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. South Korea's President Moon Jae-in on Sunday put the country on its highest alert for infectious diseases and says officials should take "unprecedented, powerful" steps to fight a viral outbreak.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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