This is the second staff member to test positive, says Director Scott Frakes
This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, pink, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. On Thursday, March 5, 2020, Tennessee’s Department of Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey confirmed the state’s first case of the new coronavirus. (NIAID-RML via AP)
Nebraska Department of Corrections employee tests positive for COVID-19
This is the second staff member to test positive, says Director Scott Frakes
Nebraska Department of Corrections confirms a second employee tested positive for COVID-19.The staff member works at the Diagnostic and Evaluation Center and has been in isolation at home for five days, said Corrections Director Scott Frakes.Health investigators believe the person did not have any close contact with other staff members or inmates.The Department of Corrections will take additional measures to check the temperature of any person who worked in the same housing unit, said Director Frakes.All inmates have been issued masks and the Department of Corrections confirms no inmates have tested positive for coronavirus.“We have been fortunate, but we have also worked very hard to flatten the curve within our system,” said Director Frakes.
LINCOLN, Neb. —
Nebraska Department of Corrections confirms a second employee tested positive for COVID-19.
The staff member works at the Diagnostic and Evaluation Center and has been in isolation at home for five days, said Corrections Director Scott Frakes.
Health investigators believe the person did not have any close contact with other staff members or inmates.
The Department of Corrections will take additional measures to check the temperature of any person who worked in the same housing unit, said Director Frakes.
All inmates have been issued masks and the Department of Corrections confirms no inmates have tested positive for coronavirus.
“We have been fortunate, but we have also worked very hard to flatten the curve within our system,” said Director Frakes.
Loading more articles…
