APPLETON (NBC 26) -- Appleton has reported its second case of coronavirus.
According to a statement from the city, the Appleton Health Department received notice Monday of a second person in Appleton who tested positive for COVID-19.
The person, who lives in Outagamie County, contracted the virus through travel. The city's statement said the person remains home in isolation. The resident has been compliant with all requests from Appleton's health department and is following all recommendations to prevent contact with others.
The health department is working to contact any people who had close contact with the ill individual. Close contacts will be educated about self-monitoring their health status by health department nurses. They will be required to do daily symptom and temperature checks; as well as quarantine themselves for 14 day as a precaution.
