The following COVID-19 resources have been released by state or local agencies. All linked resource is located on its originating website. By following the link you are leaving the WisCOSH Website.
WI State Agencies-
- Dept. of Corrections (DOC)
- Dept. of Health Services (DHS)
- 2020-03-12 Gov. Evers Declares Public Health Emergency Due to COVID-19 (PDF)
- 2020-03-11 Three Additional Cases of COVID-19 Confirmed in Wisconsin
- 2020-03-08 Third Case of COVID-19 Confirmed in Wisconsin
- 2020-03-06 COVID-19 Fact Sheet (PDF)
- 2020-03-04 Informational Briefing on COVID-19
- 2020-03-04 State Health Agency Offers Tips for Travelers in Response to COVID-19
- 2020-03-02 Press Release: Wisconsin Now Conducting Tests for COVID-19 Virus
- 2020-03-02 Full DHS COVID-19 Briefing video
- Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- Dept. of Public Instruction
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- Milwaukee County Office of Emergency Management
- City of West Allis Dept. of Health
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- Minnesota
- Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
- Short time between serial COVID-19 cases may hinder containment
A study involving 28 COVID-19 patients in Japan has shown that the virus’s serial interval—the time between successive cases—is close to or shorter than its median incubation period, suggesting pre-symptomatic transmission may play a key role in the outbreak and case isolation alone might not be as effective as hoped.
Also, a separate study today outlines how Hong Kong protected 413 healthcare workers from infection with the novel coronavirus as they cared for patients without contracting the disease. [More]
- Studies show COVID-19 likely has multiple infection routes
As the COVID-19 outbreak grows in China and abroad, new studies attempt to answer questions on how the virus is shed and the range of clinical outcomes, with two studies indicating that shedding—and therefore transmission—likely occurs via multiple routes.
Currently, testing for and confirmation of infection with COVID-19 is conducted via oral swabs. But in a … [More]
- 2020-02-11: Deaths from newly named coronavirus disease top 1,000
The disease caused by novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) now has a formal name, COVID-19, and deaths in China topped 1,000 as the United States confirmed its 13th case, which involves a Wuhan evacuee who is quarantined in California.
In other developments, China reported 2,478 new illnesses amid a new report that more than 500 healthcare workers have been infected in its outbreak.
Disease called COVID-19, virus dubbed SARS-CoV-2 [More]
- Short time between serial COVID-19 cases may hinder containment
- New York
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