UW-Platteville monitors 6 students for coronavirus who just returned from Wuhan, China

PLATTEVILLE -- The University of Wisconsin Platteville is monitoring six of its students who recently from Wuhan, China on Tuesday, Jan. 21.  Two of those students are Wuhan residents.

The two residents were screened for the Wuhan coronavirus at O'Hare International Airport. None of the six students exhibit signs of the coronavirus but as precautionary measures, they are taking their temperatures on a regular basis.

Officials at UW-Platteville says the students are "currently living together in a residence hall but are not under any quarantine or isolation."

UW-Platteville authorities have been in contact with Grant County Health Department and the Centers for Disease Control and are following all national and international protocols.

Statement from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee