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FIRST COMMUNITY SPREAD CASE IN OMAHA OF CORONAVIRUS. LET’S CHECK IN ON WHAT THEY ARE TELLING US. >> THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. WE KNOW THIS WAS SHORT NOTICE. WHAT DR. PORTER IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED -- SORRY. WE SHOULD WAIT. WE SHOULD WAIT YOU. WE ARE HERE TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE OUR FIRST CASE THAT WE CANNOT TRACK OF CORONAVIRUS HERE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. SO, THIS IS A CASE WHERE, AGAIN, WE CANNOT FIGURE OUT HOW THIS PERSON GOT IT. THAT WILL THEN TRIGGER SOME OTHER THINGS. WE HAVE THE HEAD OF DOUGLAS COUNTY HEALTH, THE MAYOR, OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. AGAIN, WHAT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE IS THAT THIS IS OUR FIRST CASE, AND PER THE GUIDELINES I PUT OUT YESTERDAY, WHEN YOU HAVE TWO CASES, THAT IS WHEN I WILL START WORKING WITH PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ON SCHOOL OFFICIALS TO START SCHOOL CLOSINGS AND TAKE DOWN THE PUBLIC GATHERINGS. RIGHT NOW, WE DON’T WANT PUBLIC GATHERINGS ABOVE 250. WE HAVE WORKED TO BE ABLE TO LIMIT GATHERINGS. I KNOW OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ARE LOOKING AT THAT AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HAVE CANCELED EVENTS. OBVIOUSLY, THE PARADE WAS CANCELED TODAY. WE ARE ALREADY COMPLYING WITH NOT HAVING GATHERINGS OF MORE THAN 250. WHEN WE HIT THAT SECOND CASE, THAT’S WHEN I WILL START LOOKING -- WORKING WITH ORGANIZATIONS AND SCHOOLS. WE WILL TAKE IT DOWN FROM 20-50 AS THE RANGE WE DON’T WANT ANYBODY GOING ABOVE. WITH RIGOROUS ENFORCEMENT. I’M MAKING THAT ANNOUNCEMENT NOW. THIS IS ALSO A GOOD TIME TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT IF YOU HAVEN’T GONE OUT TO GONE SHOPPING AND GOTTEN THOSE TWO WEEKS WORTH OF FOOD, THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO DO IT. WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE PREPARED TO QUARANTINE IN THEIR HOME. WE HAVE ALSO HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT BOTTLED WATER. WE ARE NOT EXPECTING TO SHUT DOWN WATER. IF YOU HAVE SIX PEOPLE IN YOUR HO, -- SICK PEOPLE IN YOUR HOME, AGAIN, WE ARE NOT EXPECTING WATER TO BE SHUT DOWN. WE JUST WANT YOU TO SUPPLY YOURSELF TO BE ABLE TO STAY AT HOME UNDER QUARANTINE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF WAYS WE CAN SLOW THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS. EVERYBODY HAS A ROLE. WASH YOUR HANDS. IF YOU ARE SICK, STAY HOME. IF YOU ARE AN EMPLOYER, SEND PEOPLE HOME IF THEY ARE SICK. GIVE THEM A WORK FROM HOME OPTION. MASS GATHERINGS DO NOT INCLUDE PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT, BUT EMPLOYER SHOULD TAKE COMMONSENSE STEPS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE. AND WE WILL MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING OUR PART TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALL STAYING SAFE. SO, I JUST WANT TO WRAP UP BY SAYING WE HAVE A FANTASTIC TEAM HERE. THE FOLKS YOU ARE GOING TO SEE TODAY ARE ABSOLUTELY DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK DR. ANTON IS COORDINATING WITH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT. YOUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE WORKING VERY HARD. ALL WORKING WITH THEIR TEAMS TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE THE RIGHT STEPS TO CONTROL THE VIRUS. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER. >> THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. WE ALWAYS HAVE BEEN OPEN AND TRANSPARENT. THAT IS WHAT WE WANT TO BE SO THE COMMUNITY CAN MAKE THE RIGHT ACTIONS. TODAY, EVERY DAY, AS SOON WE HEAR ABOUT NEW CASES, WE REPORT THEM TO YOU. NOW WE LEARN WE HAVE THE FIRST CASE OF COMMUNITY ACQUIRED CORONAVIRUS. IT’S A FEMALE IN HER 60’S THAT WE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY AS A TRAVEL RELATED CASE. THIS VISUAL HAD TRAVELED TO NEW YORK. THAT WAS THE INFORMATION WE HAD. TODAY, WHEN WE INVESTIGATED AND TALKED TO THE INDIVIDUAL MORE, WE REALIZED THE INDIVIDUAL ALREADY HAD SYMPTOMS BEFORE THEY LEFT FOR THEIR TRIP TO NEW YORK. AFTER SHE RETURNED, THE SYMPTOMS WERE THE SAME. THE SYMPTOMS DECREASED. BUT SHE HAD A SURGERY PLANNED, AND SHE ASKED THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IF SHE SHOULD UNDERGO THE SURGERY. THE HEALTH PROVIDER DID WHATEVER HEALTH CARE PROVIDER DOES IN OUR COMMUNITY, HE TESTED HER FOR INFLUENZA. SHE WAS NEGATIVE FOR INFLUENZA. THE NEXT STEP IS, HE TESTED HER FOR ALL KINDS OF RINO VIRUSES AND RESPIRATORY VIRUSES. SHE TESTED NEGATIVE. THE THIRD STEP WAS COVID-19 TEST. THAT TEST CAME BACK POSITIVE YESTERDAY. ONCE THE TEST BECAME POSITIVE, WE THEN LOOKED AT HER HISTORY AND DISCUSSED IT WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND DECIDED WE WANTED TO HAVE THE TEST CONFIRMED. IT CAME BACK ABOUT 3:30 P.M. THAT IT WAS POSITIVE. THAT INDICATES THAT WE DO HAVE OUR FIRST COMMUNITY CONFIRMED CASE. AS THE GOVERNOR INDICATED, WE COULD NOT FIND A DIRECT LINK TO TRAVEL ONLY BECAUSE HER SYMPTOMS STARTED BEFORE HER TRAVEL. WE ALSO WANT TO INFORM YOU TODAY THAT WE REPORTED TWO OTHER CASES THIS AFTERNOON. THIS MORNING, ACTUALLY. ONE OF THEM IS A 30-YEAR-OLD AND ONE IS A 56-YEAR-OLD. BOTH OF THOSE CASES, HOWEVER, ARE TRAVEL RELATED. WE HAD OUR STAFF WORK WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS. THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE QUARANTINED AND HAVE MILD SYMPTOMS. MOST OF OUR CASES HAVE BEEN MILD THAT’S A GOOD THING. THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION IS WE HAVE A FACILITY, AND ATHLETICS CLUB IN MIDTOWN WHERE ONE OF THE TRAVEL RELATED CASES WAS. THE INDIVIDUAL WAS THERE ON THURSDAY, MARCH 12, FROM 5:00 TO 6:30 P.M. AND THE ATHLETIC CLUB -- AT THE ATHLETIC CLUB AT 200 SOUTH 30 1ST AVENUE. AGAIN, THIS WILL BE LOW RISK EXPOSURE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD BE THERE. TAKE THEIR TEMPERATURE AND SEE IF THEY HAVE COUGH OR SORE THROAT. THAT IS THE INFORMATION WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE INFORMATION OF ANOTHER CASE BUT WE HAVE NO INFORMATION ABOUT IT YET. POTENTIALLY, FROM WHAT WE CAN SEE, IT IS TRAVEL RELATED. SO I JUST WANT TO SUMMARIZE. WE HAVE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY 14 CASES AT THIS TIME, ALL OF THEM TRAVEL RELATED BESIDES THE ONE TODAY THAT IS COMMUNITY ACQUIRED . WE HAVE ONE MORE CASE OF WHICH WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION , AND WE HAVE TWO CASES STATEWIDE. I’M GOING TO LET THE COMMISSIONER TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE COUNTY. >> THANK YOU, DOCTOR. A BRIEF UPDATE ON A FEW OF THE COUNTY ACTIVITIES. WE FEEL LIKE OUR JAIL IS IN GOOD SHAPE. THERE WERE SOME FLU ISSUES DOWN THERE. THEY LEARNED A LOT FROM THAT AND THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE IN GOOD SHAPE THEY HAVE A FACILITY AVAILABLE FOR QUARANTINE IF NECESSARY. WE STOPPED VISITATION AT THE YOUTH CENTER AND THE HEALTH CENTER. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE COMMISSIONER. >> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MEDIA FOR BEING SO ATTENTIVE TO THIS ISSUE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE WORKED ON RECENTLY IS, WHAT ABOUT OUR EMPLOYEES? OUR CIVIL SERVICE COMMIT -- COMMISSION MET AND HAD A POLICY WRITTEN UP IN TERMS OF TRAVEL, TELECOMMUTING, HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE PEOPLE STAY HOME AND WORK FROM HOME IF POSSIBLE. IF THEY ARE ILL, WHAT HAPPENS I THEY ARE BEING PAID AND ABLE TO STAY HOME? IF THEY ARE QUARANTINED, WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THAT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE CARE OF THEIR NEEDS AS WELL AS THE NEEDS OF THEIR -- OF OUR CITIZENS. ONE IMPORTANT THING I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION, AS LEADERS, WE NEED TO STAY CALM. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE -- THESE ARE EXPERTS, AND I CANNOT THANK THIS DOCTOR ENOUGH FOR HER EXPERTISE AND HER EXCEPTIONAL WAY OF HANDLING THIS SITUATION AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES. WE AS COMMISSIONERS ARE SO PROUD OF THEM AND WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR HARD WORK. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE RELAYING CORRECT INFORMATION AND VALID INFORMATION SO AS TO NOT SPREAD OR START ANY RUMORS. AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSIONERS AND ALL OF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AND COUNTY WORKERS FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS EPIDEMIC RIGHT NOW. >> I, TOO, JUST WANT TO MAKE A REAL STRONG POINT TO REASSURE PEOPLE. I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE THIS -- TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY. THIS IS A WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC. I ALSO STRONGLY FEEL -- MANY OF YOU DO, TOO, THEN -- THAT YOU COULD NOT BE IN BETTER HANDS THAN IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA RIGHT NOW. ON THE STATE LEVEL, WITH OUR EXPERTS, AT UNC, THEY ARE THE BEST OF THE BEST. THEY HANDLED EBOLA PATIENTS THAT CAME TO OMAHA. THEY KEPT OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. THAT IS WHAT THEIR GOAL IS WITH THIS. ALL OF THE EFFORTS BEING MADE RIGHT NOW -- AND A LOT HAS CHANGED THIS WEEK. I DID A PRESS CONFERENCE WEDNESDAY THAT MANY OF YOU WERE AT, AND SO MUCH HAS CHANGED JUST SINCE THEN. MANY OF THESE EFFORTS, ALL OF THESE EFFORTS, ARE DONE TO CONTROL THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS. THAT’S WHY WE ARE DOING IT. WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND EVERYBODY WHO WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE CONTROL MEASURES. THE NCAA BASKETBALL GAMES WERE GOING TO CONTINUE. BY THE END OF THE DAY, THEY WERE DONE. THE COLLEGE WORD SERIES -- WORLD SERIES, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY, ALL OF THESE THINGS WERE DONE AND CANCELED TO CONTROL THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS. THE THING OF IT IS, WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT NEXT YEAR THERE WILL BE A COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. NEXT YEAR THERE WILL BE A BERKSHIRE WORLD HALFWAY. WE WILL RECOVER AND MOVE ON. IN A TIME OF CRISIS, OUR LEADERS NEED TO BE BIPARTISAN AND HANDLE THIS THE BEST THEY CAN. WE DO BETTER IN TIMES OF CRISIS WHEN WE ARE UNITED. A LOT OF EFFORTS THIS WEEK WERE DONE VOLUNTARILY AND I WANT TO ONLY COMMAND WILL. -- COMMEND PEOPLE. WE CALLED ARCHDIOCESE AND ASKED THEM TO PLEASE CANCEL FISH FRIES, AND THEY DID. DR. LOGAN WITH OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAS NOT ASKED TO DO THIS, SHE DID IT ON HER OWN, AND ALL OF THEIR ATTEMPTS ARE TO TRY TO CONTROL THE VIRUS. WE HAVE CREATED A NEW PAGE ON THE DOUGLAS COUNTY WEBSITE. WE ARE UPDATING THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH ANY NEW INFORMATION WE GET, PHONE NUMBERS, ANY INFORMATION YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW. ARE TRYING TO BE TRANSPARENT. WE WANT TO GET YOU THE INFORMATION AS WE GET INFORMATION AND THE ADVICE THAT IS GIVEN IS TRULY THE ADVICE OF THE DAY BECAUSE THAT CONTINUES TO CHANGE. WE ARE GOING TO KEEP YOU INFORMED AS WE ARE INFORMED. BUT AGAIN, AS WE KNOW FROM STATISTICS SO FAR THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THESE CASES SO FAR HAVE BEEN MILD. A SMALL PERCENT HAVE BEEN SERIOUS ENOUGH TO REQUIRE HOSPITALIZATION. OUR EXPERTS ARE AT IT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU INFORMED. HOPEFULLY, WE WILL SEE THIS PLATEAU SOON THEN GO DOWN. THE MED CENTER IS WORKING ON CLINICAL TRIALS ON AN ANTIVIRAL DRUG. THAT TAKES LESS TIME THAN A VACCINE WOULD. IT’S TYPICALLY 12-18 MONTHS FOR A VACCINE. RIGHT NOW, IT’S NONPHARMACEUTICAL INTERVENTIONS. THERE IS NO CURE. THAT’S WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING SUGGESTED TO BE QUARANTINED AND ISOLATE AT HOME. RIGHT NOW, IT’S JUST TREATING SYMPTOMS. THAT’S ALL WE CAN DO TO CONTROL THE SPREAD. WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU AS INFORMED AS WE CAN. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS. >> ARE YOU AWARE OF OTHER CONTACTS THE COMMUNITY INDIVIDUAL MAY HAVE HAD? >> YES. WE DO KNOW. WE TOOK A FULL HISTORY. FORTUNATELY, SHE DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY LARGE EVENTS. WE HAVE CONTACTED THE EVENTS SHE ATTENDED, THE GROUP SHE WAS WITH. WE HAVE CONTACTED ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, SO THEY ARE TAKING THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS. >> HOW SEVERE IS HER CONDITION? >> FIRST OF ALL, SHE IS A VERY HEALTHY INDIVIDUAL, AND HER SYMPTOMS ARE MILD. SORE THROAT AND FATIGUE ARE HER MAIN SYNDROMES -- SYMPTOMS. WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT ALL OF THE CASES ARE MILD CASES. THAT’S WHY THEY TELL US WE DIDN’T EVEN THINK WE HAD IT. >> WHY WAIT FOR A SECOND CASE OF COMMUNITY SPREAD? >> WE WANT TO TIME THIS IS THE VIRUS RAMPS UP. OUR RULE OF THUMB IS TWO CASES. THIS VIRUS CAN SPREAD VERY RAPIDLY. WHEN WE GET TWO CASES, THAT’S GOING TO BE BASED UPON WORKING WITH EXPERTS AND GETTING ADVICE FROM THE CDC. THAT’S WHEN WE WILL START ASKING SCHOOLS TO CLOSE AND TO WORK REGARDING OTHER MASS GATHERINGS, TAKE IT DOWN FROM BELOW 200 TO AROUND 20-50. >> HOW WOULD YOU ENFORCE THAT? >> WE ARE GOING TO PUT THAT GUIDANCE OUT THERE. IT’S ALREADY OUT THERE NOW AT NEBRASKA.GOV. WE ARE GOING TO ENFORCE IT RIGOROUSLY. IF ANYBODY IS DOING IT, WE WILL SEND LAW ENFORCEMENT. >> HE WILL ORDER THE SCHOOLS TO CLOSE IF THERE IS A SECOND CASE? >> WE WILL WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVELY. WE WILL EVALUATE EVERY TWO WEEKS . IT DOES RAPIDLY CHANGE. >> 6-8 WEEKS? >> I EXPECT AS WE GO FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD, WE WILL HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO TESTING AND BETTER DATA FROM THE PUBLIC, AND WE WILL WORK WITH OUR OFFICIALS, OUR EXPERTS, TO MAKE JUDGMENTS ON THAT. PUBLIC HEALTH IS ALREADY MONITORING HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE FLU SYMPTOMS. WE SEE INFLUENZA CASES GOING DOWN BUT FLU SYMPTOMS GOING UP, WE KNOW WE HAVE SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON. AS FAR AS PEOPLE WITH MILD CONDITIONS, HOW LONG IS IT TAKING THEM TO RECOVER? >> IN GENERAL, WE SAY 14 DAYS. AND THAT’S KIND OF WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM THE INDIVIDUALS WE HAVE NOW IN QUARANTINE. BUT IT COULD BE MUCH LONGER. SOME SYMPTOMS ARE LINGERING FOR 3, 4 WEEKS. THAT’S WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM CASES OUT OF CHINA. I THINK WE NEED TO BE READY FOR THAT. WHAT WE ARE HOPING IS THAT AFTER 14 DAYS, THE SYMPTOMS ARE DIMINISHED. >> YOU SAID THE SYMPTOMS ARE FATIGUE AND A SORE THROAT. ON THE CDC WEBSITE, THOSE ARE NOT LISTED RIGHT NOW. >> WE HAVE SAID FATIGUE, COUGH, RESPIRATORY ISSUES. >> SOME FOLKS MAY HAVE NO SYMPTOMS. >> EXACTLY. WE ARE STARTING TO SEE A VARIETY OF SYMPTOMS. CDC WAS SAYING FEVER, DRY COUGH AND DIFFICULTY BREATHING. NOW WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE THAT OTHER SYMPTOMS ARE ADDED AND SOME PEOPLE ARE ASYMPTOMATIC. THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS POTENTIALLY RIGHT NOW WHO DON’T HAVE SYMPTOMS BUT HAVE THE VIRUS. >> WITH VARIOUS SYMPTOMS AND NOW A COMMUNITY CASE, IS THIS GOING TO CHANGE THE CRITERIA FOR GETTING TESTED? >> TESTING IS GOING TO DEPEND ON THE NUMBER OF TESTS WE HAVE. WE HAVE BEEN IN GOOD DISCUSSIONS WITH PRIVATE LABORATORIES TO GET TESTING STARTED. >> EVERYBODY HAS HEARD ABOUT TESTING, CAN I GET TESTED? WE LOOKED INTO IT AT THE STATE TO DEFINE WHAT THAT MEANT. INITIALLY, WE THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS JUST THAT THE LABS WHO DO THE TESTING DIDN’T HAVE THE CHEMICAL AGENTS TO DO THE TESTING THEMSELVES. THEN WE HEARD THAT SOME OF THE PROVIDERS WERE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING THE ACTUAL SWABS AND THE MEDIA THE SWABS GO INTO. WE HAVE SORT OF SET THOSE DEFINITIONS AND WE ARE FINDING IT IS A COMBINATION OF EVERYTHING. THE THIRD THING IS, THE LABS WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO DO THE TESTING. INITIALLY IN NEBRASKA, WE HAD THE NEBRASKA PUBLIC HEALTH LAB THAT COULD DO ABOUT A HUNDRED TESTS A DAY. ANOTHER LAB CAN DO THE SAME NUMBER. THIS LAST WEEK, THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL LAB, LAB CORE, QUEST DIAGNOSTICS, THEY ARE ALL ABLE TO TEST. TODAY, WE GOT OUR FIRST RESULTS BACK FROM THE COMMERCIAL HEALTH LABS. WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE ALL THOSE FREE AGENTS ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO DO MORE WIDESPREAD TESTING. FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAB, WE HAVE DONE FROM ABOUT 130-140 TESTS. UNC HAS DONE ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT. >> HAS THE NUMBER OF TESTS CHANGED FROM YESTERDAY TO NOW? >> IT IS LIBERALIZING MORE AS WE SPEAK NOW THAT MORE TESTS BECOME AVAILABLE. IT USED TO BE RESTRICTED JUST TO THE PEOPLE WE KNEW WERE HIGHEST RISK. WE ARE STILL USING THAT AS A GUIDELINE BUT WE ARE LIBERALIZING THAT SOMEWHAT NOW IS THE TESTING AVAILABILITY BECOMES EASIER. >> SO WE’RE LOOKING AT CLOSE TO 300 TESTS? >> UP TO THIS POINT. >> WHAT ARE THE GUIDELINES? >> IT’S UP TO THE PROVIDER. WE ARE STILL ASKING THAT THEY DO IN INFLUENZA AND MAY BE A RESPIRATORY VITAL -- MAYBE NOT TO A RESPIRATORY VITAL, WHICH WILL SAVE SOME TIME. IT USED TO BE IF YOU WERE EXPOSED TO A HIGH-RISK INDIVIDUAL THAT TESTED POSITIVE OR WENT TO A HIGH RISK TRAVEL COMMUNITY SPREAD AREA, INITIALLY CHINA, THEN EUROPE, AND NOW EVEN DOMESTIC. >> YOU SAID THE PATIENT WAS NOT IN A LOT OF BIG GROUPS, BUT SHE WENT TO NEW YORK ON A PLANE AND CAME BACK ON A PLANE. THAT’S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO COULD BE CONTAMINATED. >> EXACTLY. WE INFORM THE QUARANTINE UNITS AND THEY INFORM THE PEOPLE ON THE PLANE. THAT’S A SEPARATE PROCESS. >> CAN YOU TELL WHAT PLANE THEY WERE ON? >> I COULDN’T TELL YOU. THAT’S INFORMATION WE SHARE WITH THE QUARANTINE UNIT WHO THEN CONTACTS. THEY HAVE OF THEIR HE SPECIFIC PROCEDURE BASED ON WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL WAS SITTING, AND IT’S USUALLY TWO ROWS IN FRONT AND TWO ROWS AND BACK. REMEMBER, IF YOU ARE JUST WALKING IN A GROCERY STORE NEXT TO SOMEBODY, THAT DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE EXPOSED. YOU NEED TO HAVE CLOSE CONTACT FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. I HAVE QUESTION WHAT DOES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME MEAN. SOMEBODY TOLD ME THAT’S 10 MINUTES OF CLOSE DISTANCE TO SOMEBODY. NOT JUST WALKING BY. WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION OF WHERE THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN. WE HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THAT, YES. >> IS IT STILL SAFE TO GO OUT TO EAT? >> THE PERCUSSIONS, WE ARE SAYING HUGE GATHERINGS WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE NOT RECOMMENDED ANYMORE. WE ARE NOW SAYING 250. SMALLER EVENTS, YES, THEY COULD GO ON, BUT I WOULD SAY TRY TO GET YOUR DISTANCE. MAKE SURE WHEN YOU COME HOME THAT THE FIRST THING YOU DO IS GO TO THE KITCHEN SINK AND PUT SOAP ON AND CLEAN YOUR HANDS. DON’T PUT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR FACE. HONESTLY, I DO GO AROUND TO MY STAFF AND IF I SEE THEM WITH THEIR HANDS IN THEIR FACE, I SAY STOP IT. WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR BEHAVIOR. I KNOW IT’S DIFFICULT. >> STOP DOING THAT, TOM. >> GOVERNOR, I SAW YOU TOUCH YOUR FACE THE OTHER DAY. [LAUGHTE >> ONE THING, YES, OBVIOUSLY, DON’T TOUCH YOUR EYES AND YOUR MOUTH, BUT I MIGHT HAVE MY HAND ON MY EAR. >> USUALLY WE SAY YOU HAVE 80 ON YOUR FACE, YOUR EYES, YOUR NOSE, YOUR MOUTH -- A T ON YOUR FACE, YOUR EYES, YOUR NOSE, YOUR MOUTH. THAT’S THE AREA YOU SHOULDN’T TOUCH. BUT THE EASY MESSAGES DON’T TOUCH HER FACE. >> THE PERSON HAS TESTED NEGATIVE THREE TIMES IN A ROW. A YOUNG PERSON. WE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE ON SHORT NOTICE. WE APPRECIATE IT. WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY TRYING TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT. WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM OF PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS. COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED. YOU SHOULD ALL FEEL VERY CONFIDENT. THANK YOU AGAIN. WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON CASES AS THEY ARISE. >> PLEASE CHECK ON YOUR ELDERLY NEIGHBORS OR RELATIVES, THE VULNERABLE POPULATION. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, WE WANT TO GET YOU BACK UP TO SPEED ON THIS PRESS CONFERENCE FROM HEALTH OFFICIALS IN NEBRASKA. THE GOVERNOR OUTLINING A REPORT OF A WOMAN IN HER 60’S, THE FIRST TO HAVE COMMUNITY SPREAD CORONAVIRUS. IT WAS FIRST REPORTED AS A TRAVEL CASE BECAUSE SHE TRAVELED TO NEW YORK. IT APPEARS THEY INVESTIGATED THE SYMPTOMS AFTER SHE TRAVELED OR BEFORE, AND THAT IS THE CAUSE FOR CLOSE MONITORING. THE GOVERNOR ALSO SAYS ONCE THEY HAVE TWO CASES THAT CANNOT BE TRACED, THEY WILL CLOSE SCHOOLS UP TO 6-8 WEEKS. RIGHT NOW, HE IS REQUIRING ALL EVENTS WITH LESS THAN 250 PEOPLE BE CANCELED -- ALL EVENTS HAVE LESS THAN 250 PEOPLE. ONCE THEY HAVE MORE CASES, THEY WILL LOWER THAT. DOUGLAS COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS ALSO CONFIRMING TWO TRAVEL CASES. A MAN IN HIS 50’S TRAVELED TO SPAIN AND ANOTHER IN HIS 30’S TRAVELED TO SINGAPORE. THEY ARE NOT HOSPITALIZED, BUT THEY ARE ISOLATED AND HAVE MILD SYMPTOMS. AGAIN, IN REFERENCE TO THE FIRST COMMUNITY SPREAD CASE, THEY ARE TELLING US THEY HAVE LEARNED A COMPLETE HISTORY OF HER COMMUNITY CONTACTS, AND SHE HAS NOT BEEN TO ANY LARGE EVENTS AND THEY HAVE CONTACTED EVERYONE SHE HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH. SHE HAS MILD SYMPTOMS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE YOU. STAY WITH US. WE WILL SEE YOU RIGHT BACK HERE AT 9:00. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.