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Wisconsin Confirms First Case of Coronavirus
A Wisconsin resident has been sickened with the Coronavirus that originated in China and has spread across the world.
It's the first case in Wisconsin and just the 12th in the U.S. Health officials said today that the patient is isolated but state health officials would not say where they are located, their age or any other details.
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Dr. Ryan Westergaard is chief medical officer in the Wisconsin Department of Health Services Bureau of Communicable Disease. Westergaard says the patient was never hospitalized but has been evaluated and tested at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison.
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