Media Briefing Call to Update State Emergency Operations Center COVID-19 Response

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• Gen. Paul Knapp, Wisconsin’s adjutant general
• Department of Health Services Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk

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• An update on the response to COVID-19 by the Wisconsin National Guard, Wisconsin Emergency Management, and Department of Health Service’s personnel working out of the State Emergency Operations Center in Madison.

The updates today include information on the community testing events and specific testing programs at places of outbreaks, including meat packing plants in the state that have been being conducted by the Wisconsin National Guard. Additional updates were given on the expansion of tracking in the state, including hiring of new trackers.