Wisconsin Now Conducting Tests for COVID-19 Virus

The test being performed at the State Lab and the City of Milwaukee Health Department lab is the redesigned CDC test that has FDA Emergency Use Authorization. Test performance has been verified in both labs. — Read on www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/news/releases/030220.htm

Video Link: COVID-19 Briefing 3/2/2020

From left to right on the screen, you’ll see: • Jeanne Ayers, State Health Officer • Dr. Allen Bateman, Assistant Director of the Communicable Disease Division at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene at the University of Wisconsin- Madison • Tom Haupt, Respiratory Disease Epidemiologist / Influenza Surveillance Coordinator