Nebraska Medicine and the University of Nebraska Medical Center have led the world in treatment, training and quarantine methods for highly infectious diseases since caring for patients during the 2014 Ebola outbreak.
Experiencing symptoms?
- If you are experiencing respiratory illness symptoms like:
- Cough
- Congestion
- Sore throat
- Fever
- And you have not recently traveled to an area with widespread outbreak, and you have not had close contact with a person known to have COVID-19, at this time the best guidance is to stay home, get plenty of rest, drink fluids and take pain and fever medications like acetaminophen or ibuprofen.
- If you have recently traveled to an area with widespread outbreak, or had close contact with a person known to have COVID-19, call 402.559.0041 prior to making a clinic appointment, visiting an Immediate Care Clinic or the emergency room. Our staff will provide screening evaluation and recommendation on next steps. If you are not a Nebraska Medicine patient, you are encouraged to call your local primary care provider for guidance.
UNMC/Nebraska Medicine are currently caring for COVID-19 patients. Read daily updates.