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UW students, patient tested for possible coronavirus
State Sen. Nguyen proposes UBI - WA state style By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY OLYMPIA — State Sen. Joe Nguyen is proposing a Washington state version of Andrew Yang’s universal basic income. Nguyen introduced Senate Bill 6625 on Jan. 24—which would give 500 adults in Washington state $500 a month for 18 months. The program would cost approximately $7 million over the state’s two-year budget cycle. The trial benefit would be available to people who are see NGUYEN on 16
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY UW Medical Center – Northwest admitted a patient on Jan. 28 who is being evaluated for possible coronavirus or other respiratory illnesses. The patient is in satisfactory condition and in isolation. The hospital is working in collaboration with Public Health – Seattle & King County and test results
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were expected within 1 to 2 days. In addition, three University of Washington (UW) students were recently screened for coronavirus—they developed symptoms after returning home from Wuhan. The UW Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases announced on Jan. 28 that it received negative test results for the second see CORONAVIRUS on 13
State Sen. Joe Nguyen
85,000 museum artifacts feared lost in NYC Chinatown fire NEW YORK (AP) — Some 85,000 artifacts that tell the story of the Chinese migration to the United States may have been lost in a fire that struck a building in the heart of Manhattan’s Chinatown, a museum official said. The president of the Museum of Chinese in America told The New York Times that most of the thousands
of historic and artistic items in its collection were probably lost in the fire that started on the night of Jan. 23 and tore through a building where the museum’s acquisitions were stored. “One hundred percent of the museum’s collection, other than what is on view,’’ see NYC on 5
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