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


 
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The state Department of Health Services announced March 31 that there are 1,351 positive cases of COVID-19 statewide. However, the number continues to grow as counties announce more positive test results.
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ordered a Dane County election official to change his guidance related to absentee voting.
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The state is opening two voluntary isolation centers in Milwaukee and Madison for people infected with the new coronavirus who have nowhere else to go.
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Wisconsin's schools are closed until further notice, and it’s unclear when students will return to their classrooms.
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The availability of tests for COVID-19 continues to be an issue in Wisconsin and across the United States, particularly given a shortage of testing supplies. WisContext associate editor Wil Cushman discusses what it means for the outbreak in the state.
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New measures announced by Gov. Tony Evers and top state health officials to close non-essential businesses and remain at home are part of sweeping efforts to keep the health care system from becoming overwhelmed.
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As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases increase in the state, hospitals are preparing for a surge of patients. Kate Walton, an emergency room nurse at the University of Wisconsin Hospital, joins us remotely to discuss how health care workers are gearing up.
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A Wisconsin EMT turned author reflects on the novel coronavirus pandemic while sheltering with his family in rural Eau Claire County.
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Gundersen Health System in La Crosse has developed their own in-house test for COVID-19. They say patients no longer need to wait days to get results, which might be the case if tests were sent to an outside lab.
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Wisconsin manufacturers are pivoting from their original businesses to help make personal protective equipment for health care workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic - but will it be enough?