Stock up, briefs NE Governor as coronavirus response
Governor Pete Ricketts says if families have not gone to the store to acquire two weeks of supplies, that today would be a good day to do so. There has been one community case identified, a woman in her 60s who had traveled from Omaha to New York and back. Though she expressed She was tested for influenza and respiratory infection before being tested for COVID-19. UNMC double-checked the test and it was confirmed. 14 people have travel-related coronavirus. Dr. Pour said the patients have “mild symptoms.”
Douglas County Youth Center has stopped visitations.
“I think we need to take this really seriously...You could not be in better hands in Omaha, Nebraska right now,” Mayor Jean Stothert. Watch the press conference here.