Inslee announces ban on events of more than 250 people around Seattle

by KOMO News Staff & Associated Press

Wed, March 11th 2020, 2:09 PM UTC

In this March 6, 2020 photo, a sign at the Gates Foundation Discovery Center indicates that the facility, which highlights the public health and other work done world-wide by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is closed due to worries and uncertainty about the COVID-19 coronavirus. King County has become the epicenter of the outbreak of the virus in the U.S., and local businesses are bracing for the cascading impacts of losing business from customers and tourists for an indeterminate amount of time. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

In this March 6, 2020 photo, the area near Pike Place Fish Market at the Pike Place Market in Seattle is nearly devoid of root traffic and crowds at the close of the day. The market, which is popular with tourists and locals alike, has seen crowds thin as some workers stay home and work remotely, and some tourists cancel trips over worry about the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Groundskeepers prepare the infield before a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Seattle Mariners, Saturday, June 19, 2019, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Joe Nicholson)

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In this March 6, 2020 photo, a sign at the Gates Foundation Discovery Center indicates that the facility, which highlights the public health and other work done world-wide by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is closed due to worries and uncertainty about the COVID-19 coronavirus. King County has become the epicenter of the outbreak of the virus in the U.S., and local businesses are bracing for the cascading impacts of losing business from customers and tourists for an indeterminate amount of time. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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