13 under quarantine at Nebraska hospital likely positive for coronavirus

All the patients will spend at least 14 days in the National Quarantine Unit

Thirteen people in need of further testing for the coronavirus arrived in Omaha earlier this week and were transported to UNMC's National Quarantine Unit, according to an article on the WOWT website.

Doctors are awaiting the results of testing done once the patients arrived at UNMC.

All the patients will spend at least 14 days in the National Quarantine Unit at the UNMC/Nebraska Medicine campus.

Thirteen adults in the National Quarantine Unit at UNMC have tested either positive or likely to test positive for COVID-19.

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February 20, 2020

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