States to get test kits as White House amps up virus effort

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Federal health officials scrambled Friday to get coronavirus testing up and running in every state, as the Trump administration signaled it may also invoke a 70-year-old defense law to guarantee the availability of protective gear should the virus spread. Health officials in California, Oregon and Washington state worried about the virus spreading through West Coast communities after confirming three patients were infected by unknown means. The World Health Organization upgraded the risk level from the virus to “very high” as it continued to spread around the globe.