South Heartland District Health Department (SHDHD) officials reported they received a large shipment of personal protective equipment (PPE) for distribution to health care and other front line workers assisting with the local COVID-19 response.

“We had a significant shipment of PPE which was purchased by the State of Nebraska and delivered to our health district on Saturday,” said Michele Bever, SHDHD executive director. “There have been periodic shipments of PPE from the state to our health district, since early March,” she said. “These helped to boost the local cache of suppli...