Kirkland: Scene of America's worst coronavirus outbreak

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The Life Care Center of Kirkland. | The hardest-hit place in the United States has been this nursing home in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland, and Washington state is considering mandatory measures such as banning large gatherings but not necessarily imposing massive quarantines. Image Credit: NYT

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Medics transport a patient through heavy rain into an ambulance at Life Care Center of Kirkland. | This nursing facility has accounted for 13 of the 18 confirmed coronavirus-related deaths in Washington state, which has reported a total of 136 cases overall to date, the most of any state. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Medics bring out a patient on a gurney at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, a long-term care facility linked to several confirmed coronavirus cases, in Kirkland, Washington. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Lori Spencer talks on the phone through a window with her mother, Judie Shape, who is 81 and was tested for coronavirus, at the Life Care Center of Kirkland. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Pat Herrick holds up a picture of her mother Elaine, who passed away at the Life Care Center of Kirkland. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Workers refill a Purell hand sanitizer station at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, a long-term care facility linked to several confirmed coronavirus cases, in Kirkland. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Medics transport a patient into an ambulance at the Life Care Center of Kirkland. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Dorothy Campbell and her son, Charlie Campbell, talk through a window with her husband, Gene Campbell, at the Life Care Center of Kirkland. Image Credit: REUTERS

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The Life Care Center of Kirkland, the long-term care facility linked to several confirmed coronavirus cases in the state, is seen at dusk in Kirkland, Washington. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Cathleen Lombard, a licensed practical nurse who took the place of a nurse who became ill while working at the Life Care Center of Kirkland. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Medics transport a patient to an ambulance at the Life Care Center of Kirkland. Image Credit: REUTERS

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A group of people carrying medical scrubs arrive at the Life Care Center of Kirkland. Image Credit: REUTERS

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The EvergreenHealth Medical Center in Kirkland, Washington. Many of the deaths that occurred as a result of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19 outbreak happened here. Image Credit: AFP

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Timothy Killian, a press liaison, holds a press conference outside the Life Care Center of Kirkland. Image Credit: AFP

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Judie Shape, who is 81 and was tested for coronavirus on March 8, walks in her room at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, the long-term care facility linked to several confirmed coronavirus cases in the state, in Kirkland, Washington. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Mike Weatherill shows a photo of his mom who died at the Life Care Center in Kirkland Image Credit: AP

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A staff member unwraps a pallet of medical supplies delivered by a State of Washington Department of Corrections truck at the Life Care Center of Kirkland. Image Credit: REUTERS

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A nursing home worker and a medic put on personal protective equipment while preparing to transport a patient into an ambulance at the Life Care Center of Kirkland. Image Credit: REUTERS

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A woman waves while taking a photo of her father through a window at Life Care Center of Kirkland. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Several ambulances arrive at the Life Care Center in Kirkland. Image Credit: AFP

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Flowers left by community members rest against a sign at the entrance to the Life Care Center of Kirkland. Image Credit: REUTERS

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A staff member blocks the view as a person is taken by a stretcher to a waiting ambulance from a nursing facility in Kirkland. Image Credit: AP

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A woman tells her father to do his exercises as she talks to him through the window at the Life Care Center of Kirkland. Image Credit: REUTERS

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A woman carrying scrubs and face masks gets out of a van at the Life Care Center of Kirkland. Image Credit: REUTERS

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