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AP source: Inslee to ban large gatherings in Seattle area

by Associated Press
| March 11, 2020 12:05 AM

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is going to announce a ban on gatherings and events of more than 250 people in virtually the entire Seattle metro area, according to an Associated Press source, in an attempt to stop the spread of the new coronavirus.

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