ARE
ANNOUNCING THE
% FIRST
CASE
O
F
2019
NOVEL
% CORONAVIRUS
I
N A
WISCONSIN
% RESIDENT.%>> IN
OUR
F
IRST
LOOK
TONIGHT,
% STATE HEALTH
OFFICIALS
ANNOUNCED
% WEDNESDAY THAT
THE
NOVEL
% CORONAVIRUS HAD
REACHED
% WISCONSIN.
% THE
1
2TH
CONFIRMED CASE
IN
THE
% UNITED
STATES.
% THE
ANNOUNCEMENT CAME
SOON AFTER
% THE CENTERS FOR
DISEASE
CONTROL,
% THE
ONLY
LAB
CURRENTLY
TESTING
% FOR
THE
VIRUS,
CONFIRMED
THE
% RESULTS.
% WHILE THE
PERSON'S
IDENTITY IS
% CONFIDENTIAL, LOCAL
OFFICIAL
S
% HELD A
P
RESS
CONFERENCE LATER
% WEDNESDAY
SAY
IN
G
THE
POSITIVE% CASE
IS
IN DANE
COUNTY.
% >>
PUBLIC
HEALTH HAS
BEEN
B
US
Y
% COORDINATING
C
ITY,
COUNTY AND
% STATE
RESOURCES,
MAKING
SURE WE
% WERE READY IN
THE
EVENT
THI
S
% VIRUS
PRESENTED
HERE.
% GIVEN
WHAT WE
H
AVE
SEEN
I
N
OTHER
% PARTS OF THE
GLOBE,
IT'
S
% REASONABLE T
O
ASSUME
TODAY'S
% NEWS WILL NOT
BE
T
HE
LAS
T
% POSITIVE CASE WE
H
E
H
EAR
ABOUT
% IN
OUR
REGION.
% >>
TONIGHT
TH
E
LATEST ON
T
HE
% CORONAVIRUS IN
WISCONSIN.
% WE ARE
JOINED
AGAIN
BY
THE
STATE
% EPIDEMIOLOGIST RYAN WESTERGAARD.
% THANKS
FOR BEING
HERE.
% WHAT
ARE
THE
LATEST
NUMBERS IN
%
WISCONSIN?%>> SINCE
W
E
SPOKE
LAST
W
EEK,
THE
% EPIDEMIC OF
THE
NOVEL
% CORONAVIRUS HAS
CONTINUED
T
O
% EXPAND
GLOBALLY.
% THERE
WER
E
ABOUT
14,000 REPORTED
% CASES LAST
WEEK.
% IT'S
INCREASED
T
O
31,000 NO
W.
% IN
THE UNITED
STATES
SO
FAR
I
T'S
% BEEN
RELATIVELY
STABLE, A
TOTAL
% OF 1
2
C
ASES,
AS
YOU
MENTIONED,
% TEN I
N
RETURNING
TRAVELERS
A
ND
% TWO
CLOSE
HOUSEHOLD
CONTACTS.
% SO
I
N
WISCONSIN WE
HAD
O
UR
F
IRST
% CONFIRMED
CASE
TODAY
AND T
HAT
I
S
% ONE OUT OF A
TOTAL
OF
14
% INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN
UNDER
% INVESTIGATION.
% THE RESULTS OF
NIN
E
OF
THOSE
% INDIVIDUALS HAVE
COM
E
BAC
K
% NEGATIVE.
% WE'RE STILL
WAITING
FOR
ABOUT
%
FOUR MORE.
% SO THE
ONE
CASE
RIGHT
N
OW
IS
% ISOLATED
IN DANE COUNTY
AND
% WE'RE DOING
A
LL WE
CAN
T
O
% CONTAIN
THE
SPREAD
FURTHER.% >>
W
HE
N
DO
YOU
EXPECT TO GET
% RESULTS
FROM
THOSE OTHER
PENDING
% CASES?%>>
THEY
CAN COME
AT ANY
TIME.
% THE
LIL
T
!
LIMITATION IS
THE
FAC
T
THE
% TEST IS
ONLY
BEING
D
ONE
IN
% ATLANTA AT THE
CDC.
% THEY'VE
MANUFACTURED
ADDITIONAL
% TEST
KIT
S
AND WILL
B
E
% DISSEMINATING THAT T
O
STATE
% LABORATORIES.
% THAT
WILL
SHORTEN
THE
TURNAROUND
% TIME.
% BUT
NOW
IT'S A TWO
TO
THREE-DAY
% TURNAROUND TIME.
% SO
IT COULD BE
ANYWHERE BETWEEN
% NOW
AND
THE
BEGINNING
OF,
MIDDLE
%
PART
OF
NE
XT
WEEK BEFORE WE
SO THERE
ARE
M
ORE
OF
T
HESE
% PEOPLE
UNDER
INVESTIGATION, THES% KIND OF
PENDING
CASES,
SINCE
THE
% LAST
TIM
E
W
E
SPOKE.
% HOW DID THE
Y
RESULT?
% WERE THESE
PEOPLE
WHO
TRAVELED,
% WHO HAD
SYMPTOMS?% >>
IT'S A
COMBINATION.% TO B
E
CONSIDERED A
PERSON
UNDER
% INVESTIGATION -- AND
THERE'S A
% SPECIFIC DEFINITION
OF
THAT
--% YOU
HAVE
TO
HAVE
SYMPTOMS
% CONSISTENT
WIT
H A
RESPIRATORY
% VIRUS,
WHIC
H
SHARES
MANY
% SYMPTOMS
WITH
INFLUENZA
AND A
% WHOLE BUNCH
O
F
VIRUSES
WE
% UNDERSTAND MUCH BETTER.
% ALSO, YOU
NEED TO
HAVE CONTACT
% TO THE
GEOGRAPHIC AREA WHERE
TH
E
% VIRUS HAS BEEN
SPREADING
OR A
% CONFIRMED CASE.
%
A SMALL
NUMBER
O
F
PEOPLE
HAVE
% MET THAT
CRITERIA TO BE
TESTED.
% MOST
OF
THEM
WE'VE
HAD
NEGATIVE
% RESPONSE SO
F
AR.
% >>
H
OW
HAS
THE
STATE'S
RESPONSE
% CHANGED
N
OW
THAT THERE
IS
A
%
CONFIRMED CASE
I
N
WISCONSIN?
% >> WE
WERE NOT
SURPRISED
WHEN
WE
% GOT THE
CASE.
% MOST OF
THE
PEOPLE
TESTED
HAD
% SOME
RISK.
% WE WERE
PREPARED
FOR WHAT WAS
% GOING TO
HAPPEN.
% SO
WE'R
E STILL NO
W
IN
% CONTAINMENT MODE.
% WHAT THAT MEANS
I
S W
HE
N
WE
HOPE
% TO
IDENTIFY
ANYONE
WHO'S
% INFECTED
EARLY
, WHICH
WE'VE
% DONE.
% WE'VE
ISOLATED
THEM,
WHICH
MEANS
% GET
THEM OUT
OF
C
LOSE
CONTACT
% WITH
OTHER
INDIVIDUALS
TO
WHOM
% THEY COULD
SPREAD
THE
VIRUS.
% WE
A
LSO
TO
DO
HOMEWORK
W
ITH,
% CONTACT
INVESTIGATION TO SEE%
WHILE THE
PERSON
WAS
I
LL
ARE
% THERE
INDIVIDUALS THAT
MAY HAVE
% BEEN IN
CLOSE
CONTACT
THAT WE
% NEED
TO
SUPERVISOR
M
ORE
CLOSELY.% >> YOU
CAL
L
THAT A
CONTACT
% TRACING?
% AND YOU H
AVE
DON
E
THAT
WIT
H
THIS% DANE
COUNTY
PERSON WHO
TESTED
% POSITIVE, BECAUSE
THI
S
PERSON
% TRAVELED
FRO
M
CHINA,
F
LEW
INTO% DANE
COUNTY
REGIONAL
AIRPORT,
% THEN WENT
DIRECTLY
T
O
THE
U
W
% HOSPITAL EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT.
%
AND
SO
DESCRIBE
SPECIFICALLY
% KIND OF
THE
CONTEXT
THAT
YOU'RE
% TRYING TO TRACE
DOW
N
THAT
THIS
% PERSON MAY
HAV
E
HAD
CONTACT
% WITH?
% >>
YES.
% THIS
I
S A
TRIED
A
ND
TRUE
METHOD
% IN
PUBLIC
HEALTH,
SHOE
LEATHER
% EPIDEMIOLOGY,
UNDERSTANDING
% THEIR TRAVEL
AN
D
TH
E
PLACES
% THEY'VE
BEEN.
% WE
HAVE A
DEFINITION O
F
WHAT
% CONSTITUTES A CONTACT
THAT
HAS
% SOME RISK.
% SO DURING
THE
PERIOD
W
HERE
THE
% PERSON WAS
-
BEFORE THEY
W
ERE
% DIAGNOSED
AND
HAD
I
LLNESS, WE
G
O
% HE
TO
SEE
HAVE HEALTH CARE
% PROVIDERS BEEN I
N
CONTACT WITH
% THEM,
HAVE
HOUSEHOLD
CONTACTS
% BEEN IN
CONTACT WITH
THEM.
% THERE'S
PROTOCOLS I
N
TERMS
O
F
% PEOPLE
WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN
% WITHIN
SIX
FEET ON THE
PLANE.
% THOSE
PEOPLE
G
E
T
NOTIFIED
AND
% EVALUATED
IN A
STANDARDIZED
WAY,
% GET
OFFERED
TESTING
IF THEY
HAV
E
% SYMPTOMS.%>>
HAVE T
HOSE
PEOPLE
BEEN
% CONTACTED
AT
THIS
POINT?
% >>
THAT'S
STANDARD
PROCEDURE.
% THOSE ARE
UNDERWAY.
% BECAUSE
IT'S A
L
ONG
TRAIL
% POTENTIALLY FOR
ALL
THESE
CASES,% A LOT O
F
INDIVIDUALS,
SOMETIMES
% THESE
EFFORTS
GET
COORDINATED
B
Y
% VARIOUS
JURISDICTIONS,
INCLUDING
% THE
STATE,
LO
CAL
HEALTH
% DEPARTMENTS AND
A
LSO
NATIONALLY,
% THE
CDC,
PARTICULARLY
WHEN
I
T
% INVOLVES
TRA
VEL
BETWEEN
SEVERAL
% STATES.%>>
WHA
T
SHOULD
THE
PUBLIC
KNOW
% ABOUT
THIS?
% >>
WELL,
OUR
MESSAGE
CONTINUES% TO BE
THAT RIGHT
N
OW
THE
R
ISK
OF
% PEOPLE
GETTING
S
ICK
WIT
H
% CORONAVIRUS IS
V
ERY
LOW
IN
THE
% COMMUNITY.
% BUT WE ARE
IN
THE
MIDDLE OF
% RESPIRATORY VIRUS
SEASON
I
N
% GENERAL AND
HAPPEN TO
HAVE
HAD A
% BAD
WEE
K I
N
TERMS
O
F
INFLUENZA.
% OUR
TEAM
RELEASED
T
HEIR
NUMBERS
% AND THERE WERE A
TOTAL
O
F
3,000
% INDIVIDUALS IN
WISCONSIN ALONE
% IN THE
WEEK WHO
TESTED
% POSITIVE
F
OR
INFLUENZA.
% SO
INFLUENZA
CAUSES A
COMPARABLE
% ILLNESS TO
THE
NOVEL
CO
RONAVIRUS
% AND
RIGHT
NOW IT
IS A
MUC
H
% GREATER THREAT TO
T
HE
PUBLIC
% THAN
THE
NOVEL
CORONAVIRUS.
% SO
OU
R
MESSAGE, WHAT
PEOPL
E
% SHOULD KNOW
ABOUT, IS
LET'S
D
O
% OUR
BEST TO
B
E
INFORMED
A
ND
% PREPARED FOR
TH
E
N
EW
V
IRUS,
B
UT
% DON'T FORGET
A
LL
THE
THINGS
WE
% KNOW HOW
TO
DO
T
O
PREVENT
THE
%
SPREAD
O
F
VIRUSES
WE
KNOW
ABOUT
% AND
INFLUENZA
I
S
THE
MOS
T
% IMPORTANT OF
T
HOSE
BECAUSE WE
% ARE
APPROACHING THE
PEAK OF
THE
% SEASON RIGHT
N
OW
.% >>
THERE'S A
COUPLE
DIFFERENT
% STRAINS
OF
INFLUENZA OUT
THERE,
% RIGHT?%>>
RIGHT
.
% IT'S A
TRICKY VIRUS.
% IT
MUTATES ON THE
FLY,
WHICH
I
S
% WHY WE NEED TO
HAVE A
NEW
% VACCINE EVERY
SEASON
,
BECAUSE IT
% CHANGES.
% THE
VACCINE
IS
NEVER
PERFECT
% BECAUSE OF THE WAY
T
HAT
THE
% VIRUS
CHANGES.
% BUT WE
H
AVE
ENOUGH INFORMATION
% TO
KNO
W
THAT
ON
AVERAGE
I
F
%
EVERYONE GOT
THE
INF
LUENZA
% VACCINE,
WE
WOULD
CUT
DOW
N
THE
% NUMBER OF
C
ASES
SUBSTANTIALLY.
% SO
THAT'S
STILL
OUR
% RECOMMENDATION FOR
PEOPLE, TO
GO
% OUT AND
GET
THEIR
VACCINE AS% SOON AS THEY
CAN
.
% >>
B
U
T
MEANWHILE,
UNLIKE
THE
%
INFLUENZA THAT
Y
OU
HA
D
THE
SE
% PEAK NUMBERS
O
F
THIS
WEEK,
YOU
% ARE
ABLE,
IEWSH
!
YOU'RE
HOPEFUL,
T
O
% CONTAIN THIS CORONAVIRUS
I
N
THI
S
% COMMUNITY.%>>
THAT'S
STILL OUR GOAL.
% THE
DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN WHERE WE
% ARE IN
THE UNITED STATES
W
ITH
% THE
CONTAINMENT
RESPONSE
I
S
V
ERY
% DIFFERENT, WHAT'S GOING
O
N
IN
% CHINA,
WHICH
I
S A
MITIGATION
% RESPONSE.
% THERE THEY
HA
VE
SUSTAINED% TRANSMISSION IN
T
HE
COMMUNITIES.
% THAT'S WHY
WE'R
E
DOING
O
UR
VER
Y
% BEST
T
O
PREVENT
FROM
HAPPENING% HERE
I
N
THE
U.S.
AN
D
WISCONSIN.
% SO FAR
THE
PIECES
ARE
I
N
PLACE
% AND THE
SYSTEM
I
S
WORKING.
% SO
WE'RE
GOING
TO STAY AT
I
T.
% >>
GREAT.
% THANK YOU
VERY
MUCH.
% FOR
IN-DEPTH
REPORTING ON
% CORONAVIRUS IN
WISCONSIN
AND
% ADDITIONAL
I
NFORMATION,
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