Maddy Van Elzen, director of hospitality at Navy Strength in Belltown, hands out cocktail kits for customers to pick up. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)
Maddy Van Elzen, of Navy Strength in Belltown, hands out cocktail kits for customers to pick up. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)
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Outside the Bonner General Hospital in Sandpoint, Idaho, April 4, 2020, officials have erected two tents to help treat patients, should extra space be needed during the coronavirus pandemic. In a state with pockets of deep wariness about both big government and mainstream medicine, the sweeping restrictions aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus have run into outright rebellion in some parts of Idaho, which is facing its own worrying spike in coronavirus cases. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times) XNYT20
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This view of employees near the doorway of a Boeing airplane in final stages of completion, is parked outside the Boeing final assembly factory in Everett on March 23, 2020. Boeing said Monday it will temporarily suspend its Puget Sound factory operations starting Wednesday in response to the escalating COVID-19 pandemic. The decision comes a day after the first Boeing worker died of a COVID-19 infection. The company said Sunday that 29 of its employees had been confirmed to have the disease. 213431

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The National Guard is helping out at food banks around the state, including this one in Issaquah. Since many of the food bank volunteers are elderly, the Guard has stepped in to do the work so those people can remain at home. (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times)

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Monday, March 6, 2020 Full-Tilt Ice Cream co-owner Justin Cline emerges from the blast freezer with a crate of “Backyard Mint Chip” ice cream that he was going to shrink wrap for one of his grocery clients which is his last bit of business in the world of the virus. 213568

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Judie Shape, 81, waves through a rain speckled window as she leaves the Life Care Center of Kirkland after recovering from the coronavirus disease that she contracted there as a resident. She leaves the center in a vehicle driven by her daughter, Lori Spencer, on March 26, 2020. (David Ryder / Special to The Seattle Times)

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Director of Hospitality Maddy Van Elzen hands out cocktail kits from Navy Strength for customers to pickup from the bar in Belltown. On Saturday, April 4, 2020 213545

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The National Guard is helping out at food banks around the state, including this one in Issaquah. Since many of the food bank volunteers are elderly, the Guard has stepped in to do the work so those people can remain at home. (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times)
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The Seattle skyline is seen from West Seattle. The heart shape seen in the skyline appears on the side of the Hyatt Regency. Photographed Monday, April 6, 2020.
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The Seattle Art Museum is closed until further notice and the First Thursday art walk is cancelled because of the coronavirus, the need for social distancing and and staying inside as much as possible. The museum says enjoy art from your home at: http://samblog.seattleartmuseum.org/category/stay-home-with-sam,video,sams-collection,object-of-the-week,exhibtions,behind-the-scenes/ Ref to more photos online LO Linesony photos Wednesday April 1, 2020 2020 213527
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Wednesday was Ruby Wilson’s 18th birthday. Not wanting to let the occasion pass without some fanfare, Ruby’s mother, Emma Roberts, left, conspired with neighbors on 24th Avenue Northeast – their street – to throw a surprise party. Neighbors filled the street – maintaining their distance but not restrained in their enthusiasm for the event. Photographed Wednesday, April 1, 2020 213536
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