RICKETTS ‘VERY PLEASED’ WITH TEST NEBRASKA DESPITE NOT MAKING TEST GOALS

LINCOLN - Gov. Pete Ricketts said he’s “very pleased” with the state’s $27 million COVID-19 testing program even though TestNebraska is falling far short of meeting a goal of providing an average of 500 tests per site per day. On Tuesday, four mobile TestNebraska sites swabbed 1,197 coronavirus tests, which is about 300 tests per site.

The testing program, set up by a group of Utah high-tech firms, had set a goal of averaging 500 tests per site, and ramping up to 3,000 tests per day, at six mobile sites, by the end of May. However, TestNebraska may not meet that goal as up to 15% of those scheduled for testing are not showing up.

Ricketts said, “Certainly, you can find things that need to be improved — that happens in any operation. I want to continue to push the team for 3,000 tests per day.”

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