US priest who shook hands with more than 500 worshippers tests positive for Coronavirus

Hundreds of people have been ordered to self-quarantine after a priest of a prominent church in Washington DC was confirmed as city's first Coronavirus patient. According to reports, Reverend Timothy Cole of Christ Church Episcopal in Georgetown tested positive on March 9 and remains hospitalised after DC health officials anunced on Monday that he was infected with flu-like illness. 

city officials are urging all worshippers who visited church eir on 24 February or between 28 February and 3 March to self-quarantine for two weeks.

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Church activities cancelled

Reverend Crystal Hardin reportedly said that church has cancelled all activities including church services until furr tice. 
Washington officials reportedly said that several hundred people were impacted and h interactions with Reverand Cole which included giving communion and shaking hands. As per international media reports, priest h shook hands with more than 500 worshippers. 

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Presidential campaigns to continue 

Meanwhile, despite having more than 600 confirmed cases in United States, 2020 Presidential hopefuls Biden, Trump, and Sanders will continue ir rallies as planned. According to public health experts, large scale rallies are breeding grounds for potentially dely illnesses. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on March 8 claimed that his campaign was considering when it would be prudent to cancel large campaign rallies.

According to reports, Bernie Sanders claimed in a series of interviews that most important thing is protection of health of American people and that his campaign was in talks with public health officials from all over nation. Sanders ded that this was an issue that every organisation and every candidate h to face.

As per reports, federal health authorities have vised older people and those with pre-existing medical conditions to avoid crowded places because y are more at risk from virus. Fear of Coronavirus has alrey led to cancellation of music and arts festivals and or events around country. 

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