GRAND ISLAND - Doctors in Grand Island, alarmed over the growing cluster of coronavirus cases there, are asking Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts to implement even stricter measures to force more people to stay home and slow the spread of the virus in their community.

Forty-five doctors from the Grand Island area signed a letter asking for more help from state officials and warning that the number of cases in the community could be much higher than what has been reported because of a lack of testing. The letter was written by Dr. Libby Crockett, an OB-GYN at the Grand Island Clinic, and Dr. Rebecca Steinke, a family physician at Family Practice of Grand Island and the medical director of the Central District Health Department, which covers Hall, Merrick and Hamilton Counties.

Taylor Gage, a spokesman for Ricketts, said the Governor’s Office has been in contact with Grand Island’s mayor, the public health department there, the hospitals and officials at the JBS USA beef plant, where 10 workers tested positive for the coronavirus.

“We are reaching out to the doctors to set up a meeting with them,” he said.

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