NEBRASKA GOVERNOR PETE RICKETTS SAYS STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS DID NOT INTENTIONALLY DELAY REPORTING POSITIVE COVID-19 TEST RESULTS OF WORKERS WHO LIVE IN WOODBURY COUNTY BUT WORK IN AN UNIDENTIFIED DAKOTA CITY NEBRASKA MEAT PACKING PLANT.
THE DELAY LED TO WOODBURY COUNTY SEEING A SPIKE OF 314 NEW CASES TUESDAY FROM THOSE WORKERS THAT HAD BEEN TESTED AT THE END OF APRIL.
RICKETTS SAYS THOSE TESTS WENT TO A LAB THAT HAD JUST COME ONLINE:
OC…… ONES IN IOWA :22
RICKETTS SAYS THE LAB HAD MANY OF THE RESULTS LAST WEEK:
OC…..SHARED WITH IOWA. :18 (2X)
RICKETTS DID NOT IDENTIFY THE DAKOTA CITY MEAT PLANT INVOLVED IN THE TESTING.
