Last Wednesday, after mounting pressure from county leadership and spiking COVID-19 case rates, UW-Madison moved all classes online until September 25th and quarantined two dorms through September 23rd. The quarantined dorms, Witte and Sellery, are two of UW-Madison’s largest residential facilities. Just before quarantining, Witte reported a ten percent positivity rate for COVID-19 among residents, […]
University Switches Online, Quarantines Dorms as Covid-19 Cases Rise
Since the reopening of campus last week, Covid-19 cases have spiked at UW-Madison. 772 students have tested positive since classes began last week. Today, Public Health Madison Dane County reported 456 new cases of coronavirus, a majority of which are preliminary believed to be linked to UW-Madison students and staff. In an attempt to control […]
City, County leadership announce mandatory mask policy
Starting next Monday, masks will be mandatory in Dane County. According to Dane County Executive Joe Parisi, county health officials plan to distribute masks in the coming days. “The masking order will go into effect Monday to make sure that we have the infrastructure in place to make everyone aware of the requirement and to […]
County, City leadership announce new COVID-19 restrictions
This morning, Public Health Madison and Dane County announced several new restrictions on bars and restaurants. The new measures limit indoor dining at restaurants to a quarter of maximum capacity and limit bars to exclusively outdoor dining and take out. The new measures also limit indoor gatherings to 10 people and outdoor gatherings to 25. […]
City, County officials skeptical of county’s reopening strategy
In a press release issued this morning, a dozen Madison Alders and Dane County Council Members expressed their concern over the county’s plans to begin reopening non-essential businesses this week. In the release, the officials wrote that the move into Phase One of Forward Dane is premature and could result in a spike in COVID-19 […]
