Hundreds of worshippers at Christ Church, Georgetown are being asked to self-quarantine after the church rector became the first confirmed coronavirus case in Washington, according to CNN.

The church's organist has also tested positive for the virus, according to parishioner Rob Volmer.

Some 550 people attended the four services in which Reverend Timothy Cole took part, and he gave Communion at one of them, according to Volmer.

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