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Man in Washington State 1st in US to Die from Coronavirus

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   The U.S. has reported its first coronavirus-related death. Officials in
   the western U.S. state of Washington said it was a patient in a
   hospital in the city of Kirkland. U.S. President Donald Trump said
   Saturday at a White House news conference the victim was a "medically
   high-risk patient in her late 50's" who died overnight.

   "The U.S. has taken the "most aggressive action in modern history to
   confront the spread of this disease," the president said. The director
   of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Robert Redfield,
   said there was "no evidence of a link to travel'' in the case of the
   woman who died.

   The White House also announced tightened travel restrictions to Iran to
   include any foreign national who has visited the country in the last 14
   days. Additionally, it raised to the highest level a travel advisory to
   avoid Italy and South Korea, countries most affected by the virus other
   than China.
   

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