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NEBRASKA WORKS TO GET FASTER TURNAROUND ON COVID TESTS

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Nebraska has gone past the twenty-one thousand mark in total positive coronavirus infections reported since the pandemic began.

Governor Pete Ricketts says testing and contact tracing are the keys to limiting future outbreaks:

OC…..we want to do. :24

Ricketts says the state is speeding up the return of test results after previous commercial labs had taken up to five days to return them:

OC……38.4 hours :13

Ricketts says the state is also changing how and where the tests are done:

OC……a transition here. :15

All counties in Nebraska are now in “Phase Three” of the reopening process.