Emily
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This is good to hear. The Gates live not far from the Kirkland outbreak.
https://q13fox.com/2020/03/08/gates...testing-kits-for-coronavirus-in-seattle-area/
https://q13fox.com/2020/03/08/gates...testing-kits-for-coronavirus-in-seattle-area/
[h=1]Gates Foundation to soon offer home-testing kits for coronavirus in Seattle area[/h] Posted 10:57 AM, March 8, 2020, by Associated Press, Updated at 12:26PM, March 8, 2020
SEATTLE -- The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced it will begin offering home-testing kits for people in the Seattle area for the new coronavirus in the coming weeks.
The Seattle Times reports in a story on Sunday that it's not clear when the project will launch, but it's ramping up as quickly as possible. Seattle has become the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States, with 14 deaths linked to a Seattle-area nursing home.
People who think they've been infected can fill out a questionnaire online and request a test kit if their symptoms are consistent with the illness the virus causes. The kits will be delivered within two hours and include nose swabs...