MILWAUKEE — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers visited the Wisconsin Center Monday and toured the facility to see if it could function as a COVID-19 care site.
On Monday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers visited several locations around Milwaukee looking for possible care sites.
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If the spread of COVID-19 gets bad enough, hospitals will not be able to treat everybody so we will need additional care sites.
One of these sites could very well be the Wisconsin Center in downtown Milwaukee.
“If called upon, the Wisconsin Center District and our facilities are prepared to work the Corps to do our part in the fight against COVID-19 and propel Milwaukee and our region on the road to recovery," said Marty Brooks, president and CEO of the Wisconsin Center District.
While these care sites are not needed at the moment, it is very possible that they will be needed in the future. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is simply preparing for that possibility.