The most recent of those contracts — one of at least five totaling more than $69 million — was signed a few months after the company made a $20,000 donation to the Nebraska Republican Party.
Updating results
The former Test Nebraska operator paid off debts of more than five dozen people, which totaled nearly $75,000.
At issue is whether the blacked-out information in a validation report qualifies as trade secrets or should be released under public records laws.
Nomi Health already has opened a drive-thru site at Oakview Mall in Omaha and plans to open one Friday at Gateway Mall in Lincoln.
If the positivity rate continues to be low after completion of the third round of reentry tests, UNL said it will transition into randomized testing for the remainder of the semester.
The Test Nebraska pilot project is designed to help local health department officials determine the prevalence of asymptomatic COVID-19 cases.
University of Nebraska campuses are expected to release more details on their plans for expanded coronavirus testing in the coming weeks.
"As we stand on a precipice of crisis, the divide of inequality is wider after months of inaction by state officials," the report concluded.
The pod will open Saturday at Metropolitan Community College's Fort Omaha Campus and will offer COVID-19 testing six days a week.
Pacific Engineering will provide 10 mobile units that Test Nebraska will use at various sites for COVID-19 testing through the winter.
Test Nebraska was the only option available to allow the state to quickly ramp up its capacity to thousands of tests per day, a state official said.
Chancellor Ronnie Green said the differences in who can get what coronavirus test is appropriate given the risk carried by students in each group, adding that the two should not be held up as comparisons.
“I’m comfortable with the testing we’ve done,” UNL Chanellor Ronnie Green said. “We haven’t had the case where we’ve had a lack of space available. We’ve met the demand of test requests.”
The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department announced 41 new coronavirus cases on Monday.
The saliva-based test took 60 minutes from sample to result and required equipment and chemicals found in most UNL labs, researchers said, which could boost the university's testing capacity by 1,000 per day.
A technical glitch prevented results from coronavirus tests collected through Test Nebraska sites late last week from being reported over the weekend.
A technical glitch prevented results from coronavirus tests collected through Test Nebraska sites late last week from being reported over the weekend.
A Test Nebraska contractor's data system stopped pushing results to a second system, which caused problems with notifications to individuals as well as DHHS.
People awaiting their COVID-19 test results from late last week shared with the Journal Star on Monday that their results were delayed, but each had a variation on the explanation that was given to them for the reason.
While the county remains in the low-orange, or high-risk, range of its COVID-19 risk dial, health Director Pat Lopez said Lancaster County is moving toward the yellow range, which indicates a moderate risk for the virus to spread.
"I don't have any concerns about (the) ability to deliver mail-in ballots in Nebraska," the governor said at a Capitol news briefing. "I certainly can't address other states."
University of Nebraska-Lincoln students, faculty and staff will have access to COVID-19 testing this fall through a University Health Center p…
Test Nebraska and Bryan Health are adding testing capacity to reduce wait times in Lincoln. "What’s really important is finding out who is positive so we can get them quarantined or isolated as quickly as possible."
A small group of soldiers and airmen continue to be activated to provide training and knowledge to hospitals for the Test Nebraska campaign.
A small group of soldiers and airmen continue to be activated to provide training and knowledge to hospitals for the Test Nebraska campaign.