Governor to talk about COVID-19 changes

LINCOLN — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts will update Nebraskans about the spread of COVID-19 and how it is affecting different demographics in our population during another live, one-hour NET News town hall meeting at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 7, on NET TV. The event will also be streamed live from the Cedar County News Facebook page.

Nebraskans are encouraged to pose questions to Gov. Ricketts, as well as the program’s other two guests – Dr. Mark Rupp, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Josie Rodriguez, administrator of the Office of Health Disparities and Health Equity in the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.

“Speaking of Nebraska: COVID-19 Town Hall with Governor Ricketts” will be carried on television and radio by NET. It will also be streamed on the NET website, the NET Nebraska app and on Facebook. The program will include subtitles in Spanish.

Viewers and listeners may ask questions during the town hall program by calling 1-800-676-5446 or 402-472-1212. Both before and during the broadcast, questions can be submitted online at netNebraska.org/coronavirus.

They can also be emailed to news@netNebraska.org or submitted to the Facebook pages for NET Nebraska, NET News or NET Radio. Questions can also be submitted via Twitter or Instagram using the hashtag #COVID19Nebraska.