Daily Coronavirus Update from UNMC
OMAHA-We currently have 13 people being monitored at UNMC/Nebraska Medicine for the coronavirus. Eleven of those people have tested positive while two are negative. Ten are being monitored in the National Quarantine Unit while three are receiving care in the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit. Those three are in stable condition. All of these individuals are former passengers of the Diamond Princess cruise ship.
If the two people who have tested negative continue to be without symptoms, they could leave quarantine on March 2nd.
For those who are positive, two negative tests 24 hours apart are required before they can be cleared to leave quarantine. It’s not certain yet when testing would begin on those who have tested positive.
Our federal partners from the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response have been extremely helpful in providing additional resources for those being monitored. Two new case management officers have arrived - they will work with David Cates, PhD, Nebraska Medicine’s director of behavioral health.
The CDC has updated the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. to 35.