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Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: February 2020


 

The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin

Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: February 2020

How The State Of Wisconsin Is Preparing For The Spread Of COVID-19

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Frederica Freyberg
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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has declared that the novel coronavirus has the potential to spread more widely in the U.S. Wisconsin Department of Health Services deputy administrator Chuck Warzecha discusses what the state is doing to prepare for an outbreak.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: February 2020

COVID-19: How Wisconsin Schools Are Preparing For Possible Spread

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Miranda Suarez
Wisconsin Public Radio
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State and federal officials are warning schools to prepare themselves for the spread of COVID-19.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: February 2020

CDC: Outbreak Of COVID-19 'Might Be Bad'

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Shamane Mills
Wisconsin Public Radio
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When swine flu started circulating worldwide in 2009, Wisconsin and other states weren’t spared. So hospitals and health officials in Wisconsin want to be prepared if the novel coronavirus gets worse.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: February 2020

The Scientific Serendipity Of Wisconsin's First Novel Coronavirus Case

Will Cushman
WisContext
A serious new respiratory illness is gaining steam around the world, and epidemiologists, virologists and many other scientists are sprinting to learn as much about it as quickly as possible.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: February 2020

With The Coronavirus Case In Wisconsin, How Useful Are Medical Face Masks?

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Kealey Bultena
Wisconsin Public Radio
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A case of the novel coronavirus in Wisconsin was confirmed by the state Department of Health Services on Feb. 5. WisContext associate editor Will Cushman discusses why medical face masks are a visible part of this outbreak and what public health officials say about using them.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: February 2020

The Novel Coronavirus, Face Masks And When To Use Them

Will Cushman
WisContext
The novel coronavirus sweeping through China and rippling across the globe is invisible to the naked eye, but one of its effects is increasingly conspicuous on sidewalks, public transit and doctors' offices around the world: the widespread use of face masks.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: February 2020

DHS Monitors More Wisconsinites For Novel Coronavirus

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Frederica Freyberg
PBS Wisconsin
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The novel coronavirus has reached Wisconsin, making it the 12th confirmed case in the U.S. Wisconsin state epidemiologist Ryan Westergaard discusses this case, pending investigations and how the virus could potentially spread in the region.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: February 2020

How Do Public Health Officials Prepare For Outbreaks Like The Novel Coronavirus?

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Kealey Bultena
Wisconsin Public Radio
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China has instituted severe quarantine procedures to try to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, but what does that process look like in Wisconsin? UW School of Medicine and Public Health professor emeritus Patrick Remington discusses isolation and quarantine procedures in the state.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: February 2020

First Case Of Novel Coronavirus In Wisconsin Confirmed

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Rob Mentzer
Wisconsin Public Radio
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A Dane County resident who traveled to China contracted the novel coronavirus, health officials confirmed on Feb. 5. The adult patient is the Wisconsin's first confirmed case of the new respiratory illness.