LINCOLN, Neb. — Good news for Nebraska residents hoping to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Governor Pete Ricketts says efforts to vaccinate long-term care facility staff are working, with no cases reported among those staff who did get vaccinated.
He also announced the results of a study showing Nebraska is the best state to get a vaccine for those over age 65.
"Phil Kirpin did a study of all the states percentage of 65-years-and-older folks that have been vaccinated and according to his calculations, we will post all this, Nebraska is number one as far as the percent of the population over 65 that has been vaccinated and that's what we obviously been focused on, 65-years-and-older are the ones greatest at risk," Gov. Ricketts said.