Sunday COVID-19 updates: Washington shares excess ventilators

By Micah Rice, Columbian Sports Editor

Published: April 5, 2020, 5:57pm

FILE - In this March 5, 2020, file photo, Dr. Deborah Birx, Ambassador and White House coronavirus response coordinator, holds a 3M N95 mask as Vice President Mike Pence visits 3M headquarters in Maplewood, Minn., in a meeting with 3M leaders and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to coordinate response to the COVID-19 virus. A review of federal purchasing contracts by The Associated Press shows federal agencies waited until mid-March to begin placing bulk orders of N95 respirator masks, mechanical ventilators and other equipment needed by front-line health care workers. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Here are the updates related to COVID-19 around the Northwest and the nation on Sunday.

Washington will send more than 400 ventilators to harder-hit states

Boeing extends production shutdown at Washington plants

Grocery workers, key to nation during epidemic, are afraid for safety

Americans brace for ‘saddest, hardest’ week

What’s essential? Confusion clouds workers and employers

Tiger tests positive for COVID-19 at Bronx Zoo in first U.S. human-to-animal transmission