Belarus Announces First Case of Coronavirus: TASS

High School Near Seattle Shuts Down Over Possible Coronavirus Case

Education officials in Washington state closed a school near Seattle after a relative of a staff member was put into quarantine because they potentially have the disease caused by the new coronavirus. Bothell High School, about 25 miles northeast of Seattle, was shut down on Thursday “out of an abundance of caution,” Michelle Reid, the superintendent of the聽Northshore School District, said in a letter to parents and students. A staff member at the school was traveling internationally for a week before returning to the United States and reporting back for work on Monday, Reid said. That staffer said a relative who was traveling with them became ill on Tuesday and was taken to the hospital. The relative was placed into quarantine over concerns they might have the COVID-19 disease, which…

MOSCOW—Belarus registered the first case of coronavirus infection in the country, Russian news agency TASS reported on Friday, citing the Belarussian Ministry of Healthcare.

“We would like to inform you that Feb. 27 tests conducted at the Republican Scientific and Practical Center of epidemiology and microbiology showed the presence of coronavirus 2019-nCoV in one of the students from Iran,” TASS quoted the ministry.

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Arkansas Woman Causes Courthouse Evacuation by Claiming to Have Coronavirus: Officials

An Arkansas woman claimed she had the COVID-19 coronavirus while in court, prompting a courthouse evacuation. Celia Hill, 34, was appearing on drug charges in Mayflower District Court on Wednesday when she made the claim, authorities told KATV. Hill, without elaborating, said she had contact with an infected person and has a 102-degree fever. Hill was in court to face a misdemeanor drug offense when the incident unfolded. Officials then cleared the courthouse and took her to a nearby hospital for testing. Mayflower Police Chief Robert Alcon told the station Hill later tested negative for the virus, which has sickened and killed thousands of people in China. Hill will now face new charges related to the incident. “As far as we can tell, she lied about having the coronavirus,” City…