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The district's superintendent said the state's health officials believe risk to students remains low, but that they chose to close school out of an abundance of caution.
The risk of spread and impact of the coronavirus is now very high at a "global level", World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Geneva on Friday.
Stocks around the world have been hit hard amid mounting concerns about the impact of the COVID-19 virus on business. The virus has continued to spread, with 27 new cases in Germany. DW has the latest here.
The World Health Organization said there is still a chance to contain the virus, which causes the disease COVID-19.
WHO officials said they are increasing the risk assessment of the coronavirus to "very high" across the world.
WEYMOUTH -- A Weymouth High School staff member has self-quarantined amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, according to an email sent Friday afternoon by Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jennifer Curtis Whipple and Paula Magnasco, the school's health services coordinator. The school is working collaboratively with the Department of Public Health to determine next steps as soon as possible and has ...
A staff member reported a fever after a trip abroad.
A high school student in Washington is the latest person in the U.S. confirmed to have the coronavirus.
World health officials have raised the coronavirus threat risk to the highest level as President Trump calls criticisms about U.S. preparedness a “hoax.” Also, former Vice President Joe Biden is poised for his first 2020 victory as South Carolina primary voters head to the polls Saturday. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener. Your world in 90 seconds.
The FDA will allow hundreds of academic hospital labs to immediately begin testing for the novel coronavirus, meaning that the U.S. virtually overnight will become able to test thousands of patients rather than the few hundred tested so far.
The president added that he is considering closing the US border with Mexico to guard against the spread of the virus.
By Martins Ifijeh The United States has recorded it’s first death from Coronavirus. This is even as President Donald Trump’s administration has placed a travel restriction on Iran, Italy and South Korea in response to the death from the virus in Washington State. Speaking Saturday, US Vice President Mike Pence said the existing travel ban …
President Donald Trump says more cases are "likely" but urges people not to panic.
Fans filled the gym at Battle Ground High School Saturday to watch a boy's basketball playoff game between Jackson High School, from Mill Creek, Wash., and Vancouver’s Skyview High. Fans had more than just the outcome of the game to worry about. A student from Jackson was diagnosed Friday as being infected with COVID-19, the new coronavirus. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association considered cancelling Jackson's game. But after...