MORE
PEOPLE
ARE
BEING
TESTED % FOR
CORONAVIRUS
IN
WISCONSIN.% BUT AT
WEEKS'
END
THERE
ARE NO
% NEW
POSITIVE
CASES.
% THE
STATE
DEPARTMENT
OF
HEALTH
% SERVICES
REPORTS
A
TO
TAL
OF
44
% PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN TESTED
AND
A
% DOZEN RESULTS
ARE
STILL
PENDING.
% ONE
PERSON
WHO
TESTED POSITIVE
% EARLIER HAS
RECOVERED.
% HEALTH OFFICIALS
ALSO
REPORT
% THERE IS
NO
INDICATION
OF % COMMUNITY
TRANSMISSION
IN
%
WISCONSIN.%TODAY
THE
PRESIDENT
SIGNED
ON
% TO
$8
BILLION
IN
EMERGENCY
% FUNDING
FOR
STATES
TO HELP
% MANAGE CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE.%
TOM
HAUPT
IS
HE
RE.
% >>
THE
NUMBERS
OF
PEOPLE
BEING
% TESTED HAS JUMPED
IN
RECENT
% DAYS.
% DOES WISCONSIN HAVE ADEQUATE
% TEST
KITS
TO
DO THE
% SURVEILLANCE
WE NEED?
% >>
AT
THIS
TIME
WE
DO
HAVE % ENOUGH TEST
KITS
AVAILABLE.
% WE
HAVE TO
APPROVE THE
TESTING.
% WE
WANT
TO
BE
SURE
WE'RE
USING
%
THE
TEST
KITS
APPROPRIATELY AND
% BEING SMART
WITH
OUR
DECISIONS.
% WE DON'T WANT
TO
RUN
OUT
OF % KITS DURING
A CRITICAL
TIME.
% >>
YOU
HAVE
THE
SCIENTISTS
WHO
% NEED TO DO
THE TESTING?
% >> AT
THIS
TIME
WE
HAVE
THE
% CAPACITY AND
SURGE CAPACITY % SHOULD IT
GET WORSE.
% >> WHAT
ARE
THE
CIRCUMSTANCES
% OF
THE LATEST
PEOPLE
BEING
% TESTED
% >>
IS
MAJORITY
OF
THEM
ARE
% TRAVELERS
AND
VACATIONERS
% COMING BACK FROM
COUNTRIES
THAT
% HAVE
A
LEVEL
THREE
OR
TWO % TRAVEL
ALERT CHINA,
ITALY,
% SOUTH
KOREA.
% WE'RE
ALSO
GETTING STUDENTS % COMING
BACK
AS
WELL.% SO WE'VE
HAD
PEOPLE
WHO
ARE
PUT
% UNDER
INVESTIGATIONS
WHO
ARE
% BOTH
VACATIONERS AND RETURNING %
TO
WISCONSIN.
% >> ON STUDY
ABROAD PROGRAMS.
% >>
YES.
% >>
THERE
SEEMS
TO BE
SUPER
% HEIGHTENED CONCERN
ABOUT
THE % PUBLIC.%WHAT SHOULD
WE KNOW
ABOUT THE
% RISK AND WHAT
TO
EXPECT?
% >>
AGAIN,
THIS
IS
AN
EVOLVING % SITUATION AND
RELATIVELY EARLY
%
IN
THE
INVESTIGATION.% WE
ARE
COUNTING
ON
OUR
% COLLEAGUES FROM
THE
WORLD
% HEALTH
ORGANIZATION AND
CENTERS
% FOR
DISEASE
CONTROL
AND
% PREVENTION
TO
GUIDE US
WITH
% MORE
INFORMATION.
% WE
WANT TO
LEARN
MORE ABOUT THE
% EXACT
INCUBATION PERIOD.
% HOW LONG
PEOPLE
ARE
INFECTIOUS.
% AT
THIS
POINT
WE'RE
SAYING
THE
% RISK IS
STILL
LOW
BUT
WE'RE
% PREPARED IN
CASE
IT
DOES
BECOME % MORE WIDESPREAD WE
FEEL
WE
HAVE
% THE
PLANS
AND
CAPABILITIES
TO
% MAKE A
RESPONSE
TO
PROTECT THE
%
CITIZENS OF WISCONSIN.
% >> %>> WHAT'S THE GUIDANCE F
OR % NURSING HOMES IN WISCONSIN?%
>> IT JUST CAME OUT.%WE'RE ANAL
YZING THAT AS WE THEY % NEED TO SCRE
EN VISITORS COMING % IN AND ASK TH
EM IF THEY'VE DONE % ANY TRAVEL.
% AT THIS POINT THAT
IS
NOT
% RECOMMENDED.%BUT WE REALLY
WANT
THEM
TO
BE
% AWARE
THAT
PEOPLE
SHOULD
NOT
BE % COMING IN
IF
THEY
DO
HAVE
ANY % KIND
OF
RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS.
%
WE'RE
IN
THE
MIDDLE
OF
FLU % SEASON AND
HIGH
INFLUENZA % ACTIVITY.
% >>
DO
YO
U
EXPECT
THE
NUMBER
OF
% TESTS
BEING
CONDUCTED WILL
JUMP
% AS THE DAYS
PROGRESS
HERE?
% >>
I
BELIEVE THE
NUMBER
OF
TEST
% EFS
WILL DEFINITELY
JUMP
% ESPECIALLY SINCE
WE
HAVE
% COMMERCIAL LABS COMING
ONLINE
% AS
WELL.% AND AGAIN,
WE
HAVE
A
LITTLE % MORE
LENIENCY
FOR
TESTING SINCE
% THE
GUIDANCE
WAS CHANGED IN
% PAST
WEEK.
%
>>
HOW
IMPORTANT
IS
THE
MONEY
% NEWLY
COMING
IN TO
STATES
% ?FRJTS I
BELIEVE
THE
MONEY
IS
%
VERY
IMPORTANT
AND
IS NOT
% DECIDED HOW
TO
USE
IT.
% IT
CAN HELP
WITH
PERSONNEL
% COSTS.
% FOR
PURCHASING
MAYBE SOME
% PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
% THERE
IS
A
LOT
OF
RUMORS
OUT
% THERE
ARE
SHORTAGES
OF % MASKS,
GOWNS, HAND SANITIZERS.
% THE PEOPLE
IN
OUR
% ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE ARE %
WORKING HARD TO
TRY
TO
COME
UP
% WITH
A PLAN
HOW TO BEST
USE
% THAT
MONEY.
% >> TOM