In the letter, the officials say the order is needed for reasons that include:
- An insufficient number of COVID-19 tests have been performed in Nebraska.
- There's an ongoing national shortage of personal protective equipment, also known as PPEs.
- The state has already made arrangement to convert UNO, UNL, and UNK dorms into hospitals and quarantine facilities.
- A lack of community testing is giving a false sense of security given new information about COVID-19 might be spreading.
- Governors of other states who have issued stay-at-home orders have asked remaining states to do so.
- Working Nebraskans are being asked to sacrifice their health and safety.
- The projected COVID-19 death toll is rising in Nebraska.
Read the full letter from officials here.
Full story on WOWT here.
