LINCOLN, Neb. (KMTV) — Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts and other officials held a coronavirus briefing Tuesday.
Reporter Jon Kipper was there. Read his updates from the briefing below.
Ricketts points to this chart to show all the things the state is doing to control the spread of coronavirus. He wanted to lay it all out in one place. pic.twitter.com/Zzoubt4gbw
— Jon Kipper (@jonnykip21) May 19, 2020
Ricketts is still looking to work with state colleges (Peru St, Chadron St, Wayne St) to lodge people like healthcare workers, so they can isolate themselves from family.
— Jon Kipper (@jonnykip21) May 19, 2020
State director with the Nebraska Business Development Center Cathy Lang, has results from a survey from businesses.
— Jon Kipper (@jonnykip21) May 19, 2020
Ricketts says 87% of businesses says they were hit in some way.
66 percent of businesss that responded say they are considering or have applied for federal programs.
— Jon Kipper (@jonnykip21) May 19, 2020
Ricketts says his order on suspending evictions will NOT be extended into June. Says he doesn’t want renters to fall too far behind.
— Jon Kipper (@jonnykip21) May 19, 2020
UPDATE: Long term care facilities, nursing homes in Nebraska, per Governor
— Jennifer Griswold (@griswoldkmtv) May 19, 2020
380 residents have tested positive
62 residents have died
280 staff members have tested positive
89 places with cases
-53 staff only
-7 residents only
-29 both staff and residents
Governor Ricketts says out-of-staters still can't turkey hunt in Nebraska, and that's through the month which is through turkey hunting season.
— Jennifer Griswold (@griswoldkmtv) May 19, 2020
So there you go. Instead, you can check out this guy (gal? I know zero about turkeys) https://t.co/22s8sOvNs8
Ricketts asked about customers going into a restaurant and ordering food and then continuing to drink.
— Jon Kipper (@jonnykip21) May 19, 2020
Ricketts says it’s up to the restaurants to decide when customers should leave.
Ricketts says they’ll use the survey results to formulate a plan to get the state economy going again.
— Jon Kipper (@jonnykip21) May 19, 2020
Nebraska started loosening restrictions on May 4th. That marked two weeks yesterday.
— Jennifer Griswold (@griswoldkmtv) May 19, 2020
Data will be assessed as state determines whether to loosen any more restrictions and when.
You can watch the briefing below: