City council could reconsider mask ordinance if Covid-19 cases rise

The latest numbers show a steady climb in Covid-19 cases in the county.

City leader want to consider all options as kids head back to school

Ten.") the city's mask ordinance once again up for discussion during this week's covid-19 city council work session.

Good evening, i'm madeline mcclain -- in tonight for alan van zandt.

City leaders in favor of a blanket mandate want to bring the proposal back to the conversation as covid-19 numbers steadily climb in the county, they met virtualy with the st.

Jospeh school district superintendent as they discussed how to keep virus spread down as school starts.

Kq2's ron johnson joins shares what they said.

<<ron johnson reportingit was a busy afternoon for city leaders during this week's work session on covid-19.so we've got a lot goin' onthe city receiving an update on the virus' impact locally, the latest numbers they say are unsettling.

Today there was an increase over yesterday by one so there are 18 in patient 4 of them are in icu one is on a vent.

That is concerning to me personally because i've been watching the numbers around ten or twelve and now all of a sudden we're seeing 15 17, 18.

The st.

Joseph health department says the rising numbers show more people who are in contact with someone who tests positive are also catching the virus or at least showing symptoms.what we're finding are clusters of cases, to me that says a mask order would be beneficial.

All of this has the council seriously considering taking another look at the city's mask ordinance, but there's still a difference of opinion on the council.i think now is the time before school starts that we have this difficult conversation of having a blanket mask mandate.

2-3% of people maybe are wearing masks, people are against it, i'm against it.

And by the way, schools will now be adding to the mix, as the st.

Joseph school district is set to start class august 31st.

The superintendent moving forward on their own plans.

Of course masks will be required whenever social distancing cannot be taking place that made several weeks ago now.

Whatever the city wants to go ahead with, councilmembers say they have one goal mind any measures we take should be designed to supress this virus ron johnson kq2 news>> city leaders say they will wait a week to see if cases continue to climb before deciding on making any changes to the mask ordinance.

They also plan to meet with staff from missouri western next week.