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DHHS & local infectious disease docs provide up-to-date details on COVID, hospital capacity

Zoom conference to explain current pressures on the metro area hospital systems
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The total number of COVID cases in the Omaha metro is nearing the 100,000 mark since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.
CHI Physicians on COVID
Posted at 12:02 PM, Dec 16, 2021
and last updated 2021-12-16 20:36:13-05

OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and infectious disease physicians from CHI Health, Nebraska Medicine and Methodist Health System provided an update on COVID-19. They broke down data to illustrate what metro area hospitals and healthcare workers are experiencing.

Speakers on the call included:

Dr. Gary Anthone, Chief Medical Officer, Director of Public Health, Nebraska DHHS
Dr. Matthew Donahue, Acting State Epidemiologist, Nebraska DHHS
Dr. Renuga Vivekanandan, Chief of Infectious Disease, CHI Health-Creighton University
Dr. Jessica Jones, Infectious Disease, Methodist Health System
Dr. Angela Hewlett, Infectious Diseases Specialist, Nebraska Medicine, Medical Director, Nebraska Biocontainment Unit

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