The doors of Wisconsin’s K-12 schools will remain open, even with Gov. Tony Evers declaring a public health emergency due to the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
A growing number of private colleges and universities in Wisconsin are canceling in-person classes and moving to online teaching as preventative steps to keep the new coronavirus from spreading in the state.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted to give local election officials more flexibility to relocate polling places in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
State health officials reported three additional cases of the virus that causes COVID-19 on the same day the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic.
Wisconsin health officials are advising nursing homes to restrict visitors to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus to those most vulnerable to the disease.
