Coronavirus Test Kits Lowered to Grand Princess Ship Off California

CORONAVIRUS: A Coast Guard helicopter lowered test kits onto the 290-meter Grand Princess by rope, Thursday, March 5, as the vessel lay at anchor off Northern California, and authorities said the results would be available Friday.
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READ MORE: In the United States, the focus of the outbreak has been on the western states of Washington and California.

In California, Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency, joining Washington, Florida and Hawaii.

Federal investigators have begun looking into a nursing home near Seattle, Washington, the epicenter of the outbreak in the U.S. Most of the 11 fatalities in the U.S. occurred at the Life Care Center in the city of Kirkland.

New York Mayor Bill De Blasio said there were two new cases confirmed in the city, and that neither patient is linked to travel or other locals who have been diagnosed.
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