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FILE - In this April 11, 2017, file photo, the entrance to Western State Hospital is seen in Lakewood, Wash. A patient as Washington state's largest psychiatric hospital has tested positive for coronavirus. Workers at Western State Hospital fear that number will increase due to a lack of protective gear. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

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Patient, worker at state psychiatric hospital have COVID-19
March 20, 2020 7:26 a.m.

Patient, worker at state psychiatric hospital have COVID-19

SEATTLE (AP) — A patient and a worker at Washington state's largest psychiatric hospital have tested positive for coronavirus, and workers at the facility fear the number of cases will increase due to a lack of protective gear and new policies that force them to crowd together as they try to get into the building.