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King County, Wash., Epicenter of the Outbreak, Coronavirus Webpage

Learn from those who had the virus first.

The expectation is that Seattle-King County Public Health is seeing the impacts and advance of the coronavirus more since they were first in the U.S. Check out their COVID-19 webpage for the type of guidance and information they are providing to the public. 

At least one 200-bed temporary medical facility is being built on a soccer field in a suburb of Seattle. 

Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.