27 Washington State Firefighters Quarantined for Potential Coronavirus Exposure

27 Washington State Firefighters Quarantined for Potential Coronavirus Exposure
A stretcher is moved from an AMR ambulance to the Life Care Center of Kirkland where one associate and one resident were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus on Feb. 29, 2020. Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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More than two dozen firefighters in Washington state were quarantined after they were potentially exposed to the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19, which has already killed six people in the state.

The city of Kirkland, located in King County, said that 27 firefighters and two police officers have been isolated after possible exposure to the mysterious new illness that is believed to have emerged in mainland China late last year.
Jack Phillips
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