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June 30, 2021Omaha, Neb. |  By: AP

State virus emergency to end despite rural vaccination lag


OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska will formally end its coronavirus emergency this week, even though rural parts of the state continue to lag larger cities in vaccinations.

Gov. Pete Ricketts says he will let the state's current virus emergency expire as scheduled on Wednesday along with its remaining social-distancing guidelines that were made mandatory earlier in the pandemic.

He says he also expects all schools to be open for in-person learning this fall without imposing any mask or vaccination requirements.

His comments came as the number of virus-related hospitalizations dropped to 27 on Sunday after more than a month of declines. Still, Nebraska continues to show a wide disparity in vaccination rates between urban and rural areas.