OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska will formally end its coronavirus emergency this week, even though rural parts of the state continue to lag behind larger cities in vaccinations.&nbsp; Gov. Pete Ricketts says he will let the state’s current virus emergency expire as scheduled on Wednesday along with its remaining social-distancing guidelines that were made mandatory earlier in the pandemic.&nbsp; Ricketts says he also expects all schools to be open for in-person learning this fall without imposing any mask or vaccination requirements.&nbsp; The Governor's&nbsp; comments came as the number of virus-related hospitalizations dropped to 27 on Sunday after more than a month of declines.&nbsp; Still, Nebraska continues to show a wide disparity in vaccination rates between urban and rural areas.

By: Associated PressOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska will formally end its coronavirus emergency this week, even though rural parts of the state continue to lag behind larger cities in vaccinations.&nbsp; Gov. Pete Ricketts says he will let the state’s current virus emergency expire as scheduled on Wednesday along with its remaining social-distancing guidelines that were made mandatory earlier in the pandemic.&nbsp; Ricketts says he also expects all schools to be open for in-person learning this fall without imposing any mask or vaccination requirements.&nbsp; The Governor's&nbsp; comments came as the number of virus-related hospitalizations dropped to 27 on Sunday after more than a month of declines.&nbsp; Still, Nebraska continues to show a wide disparity in vaccination rates between urban and rural areas.

State virus emergency to end despite rural vaccination lag