Second Case Of Coronavirus Confirmed In Appleton City

Press release from the City of Appleton:

March 30, 2020

The Appleton Health Department received notice Monday of a second person in Appleton who tested positive for COVID-19.

The affected person lives in Outagamie County and contracted the virus through travel.

The resident remains home in isolation. The resident has been compliant with all requests from our health department and is following all recommendations to prevent contact with others.

Our health department is currently conducting contact investigations to identify and follow-up with any people who had close contact with the ill individual. Close contacts will be educated about self-monitoring their health status by our health department nurses. They will be required to do daily symptom and temperature checks; as well as quarantine themselves for 14 day as a precaution.

We anticipate there are more cases in Appleton than have been confirmed. We recommend everyone continue to follow the Safer at Home emergency order issued last week. Following guidelines from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and CDC will also help slow the spread of the virus.

This press release was produced by the City of Appleton. The views expressed here are the author’s own.