The Beginning of the End: A timeline of COVID-19, quarantine and restrictions in Dane County and UW-Madison
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The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a global health emergency and concern. -
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services announces Wisconsin's first person with COVID-19. The infected person was from Dane County. -
The president declared COVID-19 a national emergency. -
Public Health Madison and Dane County issued their first order in the state that expanded countywide: no gatherings of more than 250 people. -
Gov. Tony Evers closes all schools, public and private, statewide indefinitely. -
Chancellor Rebecca Blank informs students, staff and faculty via email of courses being moved online for the rest of spring semester, as well as the evacuation of residence halls if needed. -
Gov. Tony Evers issues "Safer At Home" order statewide, ordering all residents to stay at home, ceasing non-essential business and operations, and prohibiting non-essential travel. -
Dane County introduces "Forward Dane" as a plan designed to re-open the county in three phases.
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Dane County issued an order requiring all individuals to wear a face covering or mask indoors. -
UW-Madison shifted to two weeks of online classes with Chancellor Rebecca Blank restricting undergraduate movement to only essential due to high spike in positive cases. -
Dane County announces moving to crisis model and contact tracing due to being a national COVID-19 hotspot. -
UW-Madison updated COVID-19 testing guidelines through a Safe Badgers App, requiring students living in certain areas to be tested twice a week to enter campus buildings.