Timeline: One year of COVID-19 in Dane County
February 1, 2021 8:58 PM Gabriella Bachara
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MADISON, Wis.– This week marks one year since the COVID-19 pandemic first arrived in Dane County. Here’s a look at what’s happened since.
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“For all of these reasons, I am declaring a public health emergency of international concern over the global outbreak of #2019nCoV.”-@DrTedros
February 5, 2020: The Wisconsin Department of Health Services announced the state’s first person with coronavirus. The person was from Dane County and had recently traveled to China. The person went straight from the airport to UW Hospital in Madison on January 30. The person was tested for coronavirus and sent home to isolate. City and county leaders said the risk of the general public contracting the virus remained low.
As food insecurity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic worsens in Madison, the city is hoping a new stream of funding can increase access to resources amid growing needs.
The Healthy Community Food Systems Fund, approved last month by the City Council, repurposed an existing $268,000 that will support three initiatives related to food access.
Food Policy Director George Reistad said the city needs to be ânimbleâ and âresilient.âÂ
âThe city has not been immune to the financial challenges that have rocked this nation, rocked this world, because of COVID-19,â Reistad said. âWe have to be creative in how we address certain issues in our community.â Â
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