KANSAS
Winfield hospital cancels event - coronavirus fears
WA
Less than a week after diagnosed cases of COVID-19 grew rapidly in the Seattle area, health care providers say medical supplies are growing scarce, threatening to further stress a system already scrambling to control the coronavirus outbreak.
The state Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed 79 cases of the disease in four counties, and as of midday Friday, at least 15 deaths have been linked to the illness in Washington.
***Now, as global supply chains have been disrupted *** and the number of cases climbs, health authorities are hunting for medical supplies and have called on employees to ration.