NSTworld: Health officials in Washington state said on Sunday a second person infected with the Covid19 coronavirus had died there, while NewYork’s governor said his state confirmed its first case.
The Washington death was in the Seattle area and was reported on the website of the Seattle and King County public health department. On Saturday, the same officials reported the first death from coronavirus in the United States.
US President Donald Trump rests his head on the flag of the United States of America at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center February 29, 2020 in National Harbor, Maryland. - AFP pic Stock markets plunged last week, with an index of global stocks setting its largest weekly fall since the 2008 financial crisis, and more than US$5 trillion wiped off the value of stocks worldwide.
The United States has 75,000 test kits for coronavirus and will expand that number “radically” in coming weeks, US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday.
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