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Person brought to quarantine center does not have coronavirus

From left, Dana Hall, deputy federal health coordinating officer, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response; Michael Wadman, M.D., co-medical director of the National Quarantine Unit; and Shelly Schwedhelm, executive director, emergency management and biopreparedness at Nebraska Medicine, speak at a press conference Friday afternoon to discuss the woman moved to the quarantine center. The woman, who tested negative for COVID-19, has returned to Camp Ashland.

From left, Dana Hall, deputy federal health coordinating officer, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response; Michael Wadman, M.D., co-medical director of the National Quarantine Unit; and Shelly Schwedhelm, executive director, emergency management and biopreparedness at Nebraska Medicine, speak at a press conference Friday afternoon to discuss the woman moved to the quarantine center. The woman, who tested negative for COVID-19, has returned to Camp Ashland.

The person who developed a cough and was transported to the National Quarantine Center on the UNMC/Nebraska Medicine campus yesterday for COVID-19 (coronavirus) testing does not have the disease.

The Nebraska Public Health lab gave two tests to the woman 24 hours apart, and both were negative.

She has now returned to Camp Ashland to complete the remaining days of the quarantine with the other 56 people being monitored there.

If everyone at Camp Ashland remains without symptoms, the group will leave quarantine at 9:00 a.m. on Feb. 20.

1 comment

  1. Bud Shaw says:
    February 17, 2020 at 4:13 pm

    Hoping there's a BIG CELEBRATION for them Thursday!

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