What it's like inside Nebraska hospital where coronavirus patients are treated.
were taken to a state-of-the-art medical facility in Nebraska that was last used for Ebola patients.
Angela Vasa, the nurse manager of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha dons protective gear for working with patients with highly infectious diseases in a still made from an undated video.Angela Vasa, a nurse manager and director of quarantine services for the National Quarantine Unit at UNMC, has been there since the first patient arrived.
The building that houses the quarantine unit at Nebraska Medical Center is seen in this Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020 photo in Omaha, Neb. The center is treating patients potentially exposed to COVID-19 virus.
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