I just saw in our local paper that we have our first case here in Omaha. This is not one of the people who came here from the cruise ship or from Wuhan. It is some woman who was traveling in the UK. She was in another local hospital but has been transferred to the bio-containment unit at the University of Nebraska Med Center where the big infectious disease center is.
Yes, iirc she is in critical condition
Here’s some more info on that case (unverified)
Tay Austin
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And now for the not so fun news.
1st confirmed case of #covid19 here in #Nebraska. What we know. She had her father flew to the UK on Feb 18th. She fell ill on Feb 25th, the returned home Feb 27th.
She was still feeling ill after returning home but her symptoms were mild until yesterday. A chest scan taken at Methodist Hospital revealed she had #covid19 which had escalated into acute respiratory distress syndrome.
This evening her Dr. at Methodist Hospital contacted UNMC & they immediately transferred her to their BioContainment Unit. She’s said to currently be in serious conditions.
At the moment the Health Dept is concentrating on where she went & with whom she has been in close contact with during the time she symptoms were mild, but she was actually highly contagious.