Wisconsin National Guard Continues Specimen Collection For COVID-19

A total of 25 specimen collection teams from the Wisconsin National Guard continue to operate across Wisconsin supporting local health departments and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services effort to increase the state’s COVID-19 testing capacity. A number of specimen collection sites have ongoing operations. The most recent was in Lafayette County, where one team collected over 125 specimens May 29th at a long-term care facility in Darlington. Other testing has taken place in Crawford County where one team collected nearly 300 specimens from a factory in Prairie Du Chien on May 5^th and a team collected over 220 specimens at a long-term care facility in Prairie du Chien on May 20th. Also, in Grant County, one team tested more than 270 staff and residents at the Orchard Manor senior living facility in Lancaster on April 25th. Another team collected more than 230 specimens at a factory in Platteville on May 4th.