{"id":64895,"date":"2020-09-11T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T14:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nebraska-to-end-nearly-all-social-distancing-restrictions\/"},"modified":"2020-09-11T17:44:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T14:44:00","slug":"nebraska-to-end-nearly-all-social-distancing-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nebraska-to-end-nearly-all-social-distancing-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nebraska to end nearly all social distancing restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Nebraska to end nearly all social<\/a> distancing restrictions<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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September 11, 2020 |<\/span> 10:44am <\/p>\n

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\n Pedestrians with and without face masks walk in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. <\/span>
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\n LINCOLN, Neb. \u2014 Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts will end nearly all of his state\u2019s social-distancing restrictions on Monday even as the number of new coronavirus cases has trended upward over the last few months.<\/p>\n

The new rules will still limit the size of large indoor gatherings, such as concerts, meeting halls and theaters, but will drop all other state-imposed mandates in favor of voluntary guidelines, as other conservative states have done.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are loosening the restrictions further on Sept. 14,\u201d Ricketts said at a news<\/a> conference.<\/p>\n

State officials said they made the decision based on the availability of hospital beds and ventilators, in keeping with the Republican governor\u2019s goal of not overwhelming medical facilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal has always been to protect hospital capacity and capacity remains stable,\u201d said Ricketts spokesman Taylor Gage.<\/p>\n

Nebraska\u2019s hospitals have 36 percent of their regular beds, 31 percent of their intensive care unit beds and 81 percent of their ventilators available, according to the state\u2019s online tracking portal. Those numbers have changed little in the last few months.<\/p>\n

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Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts.<\/span>AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The new rules will app<\/a>ly statewide except in Lancaster County, which includes the state capital of Lincoln, home to the University of Nebraska\u2019s flagship campus. They\u2019ve already been in effect in 27 of Nebraska\u2019s 93 counties, but those areas are overwhelmingly rural and have seen few confirmed cases.<\/p>\n

Nebraska will also allow smaller indoor facilities, such as bars, restaurants, churches, gyms and hair salons, to operate with no formal restrictions. State guidance still recommends limiting crowd sizes, but those guidelines aren\u2019t enforceable.<\/p>\n

Under the new rules, larger indoor venues such as concert halls can allow gatherings of up to 75 percent of their rated capacity, up from 50 percent. Additionally, Ricketts said people who want a gathering of 500 people or more will have to get approval from their local public health director.<\/p>\n

The state\u2019s shift won\u2019t affect mask requirements in Omaha and Lincoln. Both cities still require people to wear face coverings in most indoor spaces when they aren\u2019t able to stay at least 6 feet apart.<\/p>\n

Lincoln-Lancaster County Public Health Director Pat Lopez has said her county won\u2019t ease its restrictions this month because of a recent increase in cases driven by returning college students and the reopening of Lincoln Public Schools, the state\u2019s second-largest school district.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the time not only to stay the course but also to redouble our efforts in Lancaster County,\u201d Lopez said. \u201cWe need to do what is best for our community to overcome the impacts of this virus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nebraska has confirmed 36,917 coronavirus cases and 421 deaths since the pandemic began, according to the state\u2019s tracking portal.<\/p>\n

Nebraska saw a sharp spike in cases on Tuesday and Wednesday, but that was the result of a glitch that slowed the reporting of test results. For several days before that, the state\u2019s public health data system wasn\u2019t receiving results even though laboratories were processing tests.<\/p>\n

Even so, the number of confirmed cases has trended upward since early July. Nebraska ranks 15th highest in the rate of positive cases as of this week, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University.<\/p>\n

Neighboring Iowa and South Dakota have seen even higher rates. On Sunday, the White House coronavirus task force sent a report saying Iowa had the third-highest rate of new cases in the country over the previous week. A week earlier, Iowa had the nation\u2019s steepest rate of new cases.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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