8 a.m. COVID-19 update

8 a.m. COVID-19 update

ROWLANDS NEWSCHOPPER 9 BACK TOYOU IN THE STUDIO.THANKS WILL SCHOOL FOR YOURCHILDREN ALL REMOTE IN PERSON ORA AND LET’S GO THIS TRICKS INJOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS PLEDGE TOLISTEN TO HEALTH DEPARTMENTGUIDANCE IN A MEETING LATER THISMORNING COULD BE KEY FOR THEIRCHOICES.GIVE ME SOME GUYS IN OURCHRISTIAN IS LIVE WITH MOREINFORMATION.HEY MARTIN, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.GOOD MORNING, ROB COMING TO YOUFROM SHAWNEE MISSION NORTH HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS AND TEACHERSHERE LIKE STUDENTS AND TEACHERSACROSS JOHNSON COUNTY CURIOUSABOUT WHAT SCHOOLS GOING TO LOOKLIKE.WELL TODAY THE JOHNSON COUNTYHEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL OFFER ITSRECOMMENDATIONS TO THESUPERINTENDENT OF THE COUNTYSCHOOLS ON HOW TO PROCEED THENUMBER TO KEEP IN MIND THROUGHALL OF THIS IS 11.2% THAT’S THECOUNTY’S 14 DAY MOVING AVERAGEFOR POSITIVE COVID-19 TEST NOW.IT’S ALSO IMPORTANT TO POINT OUTTHE COUNTY’S PROVIDING ARECOMMENDATION.AND FOR SCHOOLS, THIS IS NOT AMANDATE BUT BASED ON THAT RATEOF POSITIVE TESTING THE COUNTYMAY RECOMMEND REMOTE LEARNINGFOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS WITHELEMENTARY SCHOOLS GOING AHEADWITH IN PERSON INSTRUCTION ANDALL THAT IS BASED ON A NUMBER OFGUIDELINES GATHERED BY THEHEALTH DEPARTMENT EARLIER THISSUMMER IF THAT INFECTION RATEWAS 5% OR LOWER THAN THERECOMMENDATION LIKELY WOULD BEFOR IN-PERSON CLASSES FOR ALLLEVELS SCHOOLING IN THE COUNTY.QUITE THE OPPOSITE THOUGH IFTHAT NUMBER PEAKS ABOVE 15%REPORTING LIVE MARTIN AUGUSTINEKMBC 9 NEWS.ALL RIGHT, BRIAN.THANK YOU SO MUCH.IT’S A TWO OR THREE AND JOHNSONCOUNTY WILL BE TAKING A CLOSE.LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF NEW CASESIN KANSAS AS IT MAKES ITSRECOMMENDATIONS WHAT KANSAS ISREPORTING ALMOST 1,300 NEW CASESSINCE FRIDAY.IS HE UNDER SCREEN THERE?AND HERE’S THE SEVEN DAY MOVINGAVERAGE OF THE POSITIVITY RATE.IT’S ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TOTRACK THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUSKANSAS IS OF 12 AND A HALFPERCENT MISSOURI’S 10.9%NATIONAL AVERAGE IS AS 6.7%THEY’RE SPENDING A WEEKENDTRAVELING TRAVELING AROUNDKANSAS CITY MAYOR QUIT LUCASWARNING HE WANTS PEOPLE INKANSAS CITY, MISSOURI TO WEARMASKS AND IF THEY DON’T HE BARS,THE RESTAURANTS COULD BE SHUTDOWN AGAIN ARE LUCAS SAYS HEWENT TO CHECK ON SEVERAL PLACESTO SEE HOW PEOPLE ARE DOING ANDIF THEY’RE FOLLOWING THE MASKMANDATE NOW IN PLACE.HE SAYS MANY BUSINESSES AREWORKING HARD TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFEFROM COVID-19, BUT NOT ALL OFTHEM ARE FOLLOWING SAFETYREQUIREMENTS.LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS.SAY IS CASES RISE.WE MIGHT BE CLOSER TO CLOSINGBAR.AGAIN, BUT THE MAYOR BELIEVESTHAT CAN BE AVOIDED.WE’RE NOT HERE TO BEOVERWHELMINGLY PUNITIVE.WE JUST WANT PEOPLE FOLLOWINGTHE RULES BECAUSE WE WANT PEOPLESAFE.I WANT TO SEE THE CITY OPEN ASMUCH AS ANYBODY ELSE.THE CITY’S HEALTH DIRECTOR SAYSLEADERS EXTENDED THE MASKREQUIREMENT TO JANUARY BECAUSEOF HOW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HANDLINGTHE OUTBREAK.HE SAYS, IT’S CLEAR.WE WILL SEE CASES FOR THE NEXTFIVE OR SIX MONTHS AND TODAY.DR. DEBORAH BIRX WILL MEET WITHMISSOURI.GOVERNOR.MIKE PARSON.KMBC 9S.MATT.EVANS HAS A CLOSER LOOK AT THEMEETING.GOOD MORNING.DR. DEBORAH BIRX THE WHITE HOUSECORONAVIRUS TASK FORCECOORDINATOR HAS BEEN VISITINGSEVERAL MIDWESTERN STATES OVERTHE COURSE OF THE PAST WEEK,ESPECIALLY THOSE STATES THAT ARESEEN RECENT SPIKES ANDCORONAVIRUS CASES THAT INCLUDESKANSAS AND INCLUDES, MISSOURI.DR. BURKE’S WAS IN KANSAS THISPAST WEEKEND AT IN KCK AT KUMEDICAL CENTER TO MEET WITHKANSAS GOVERNOR LAURA KELLY ANDHEALTH LEADERS IN THE STATE OFKANSAS.TODAY’S MEETING WITH MISSOURI.MIKE PARSON WILL LIKELY BE VERYSIMILAR IN NATURE WITH DR.BURKE’S PROVIDING GUIDANCE ONHOW TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF THECORONAVIRUS IN THE STATE OFMISSOURI MANY OF THOSE SOLUTIONSARE THINGS WE’VE BEEN TALKINGABOUT FOR A LONG TIME NOW LIKESOCIAL DISTANCING AVOIDING LARGEGATHERINGS OF PEOPLE AND WEARINGA MASK.GOVERNOR PARSON AND A ROUNDTABLEOF MISSOURI LEADERS AND HEALTHOFFICIALS AT NINE O’CLOCK THISMORNING AT THE GOVERNOR’SMANSION TO PROVIDE THAT TAILOREDGUIDANCE TO THE STATE OFMISSOURI WILL LEARN MORE ABOUTEXACTLY WHAT THAT GUIDANCE IS.WHAT WAS SAID IN THAT MEETING.LITTLE BIT LATER ON THIS MORNINGAT A PRESS BRIEFING IS SCHEDULEDFOR 11:00 O’CLOCK AT THEMISSOURI STATE CAPITOL INJEFFERSON CIT