8 a.m. covid hit

8 a.m. covid hit

ROWLANDS NEWSCHOPPER 9 BACK TOYOU IN THE STUDIO.THANKS.WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS GRAPH.WE WANT TO SHOW YOU SHOW THECORONAVIRUS.IN MISSOURI, THE STATE NOW HASMORE THAN 1,800 POSITIVE CASES.YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE SCREEN.IT’S A HUGE JUMP FROM JUST OVERA WEEK AGO 19 PEOPLE HAVE DIEDFROM THE VIRUS IN MISSOURI WITHLATEST VICTIM A WOMAN IN HER 70SFROM KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.HERE’S THE TRAINING, KANSASWHERE MORE THAN 550 CASES HAVEBEEN COUNTED ALONG WITH 13DEATHS PANDEMIC HAS TAKEN A TOLLON THE, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURIFIRE DEPARTMENT EIGHTFIREFIGHTERS HAVE TESTEDPOSITIVE FOR COVID-19 AND THELAST THREE WEEKS, BUT BECAUSEANOTHER 95 FIREFIGHTERS WEREN’TCLOSE CONTACT.THE EIGHT THEY’VE ALL BEEN INSELF-ISOLATION ACCORDING TO CDCGUIDELINES 30 OF THOSEFIREFIGHTERS ARE SET TO RETURNTO ACTIVE DUTY SOON DEPUTY.CHIEF.JIMMY WALKER SAYS THAT NOSTAFFING ISSUES FOR THEDEPARTMENT ARE HAPPENING JUSTYET ADDING THAT PLANS ARE INPLACE IF THINGS GET WORSE ANDTHIS MORNING, THERE ARE NEWPRIVACY CONCERNS ABOUT TRACKINGSOCIAL DISTANCING USING YOURCELL PHONE UNICAST GATHERS GPSDATA FROM SMARTPHONES TO CREATEAN ONLINE SOCIAL DISTANCINGSCOREBOARD FOR ALL STATES COUNTYBY COUNTY.ALRIGHT NOW, MISSOURI SCORES A DD WHEN IT COMES TO SOCIALDISTANCE.KANSAS CITY - CASE, IT’SGOVERNOR.KELLY.LAURA.KELLY SAYS THE STATE DOES NOTHAVE SPECIAL ACCESS TO THISINFORMATION AND HAS NO WITH THECOMPANY.IT HELPS US TO FOLLOW WHEREPEOPLE ARE NOT STAYING HOME ANDSAVING LIVES THAT INFORMATIONWILL ALLOW US TO GET OUR MESSAGEOUT EVEN MORE EFFECTIVELY.LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE SOCIALDISTANCING GRADES BY COUNTINGJUDSON AND WYANDOTTE COUNTIES INKANSAS.THEY GET A BE CLAY AND JACKSONCOUNTIES IN MISSOURI.THEY GET TO SEE PLATTE COUNTYGETS A B AND MANY SURROUNDINGCOUNTIES IN BOTH STATES.THEY SCORE A D OR AN F.THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLEONLINE.JUST GO TO UNICAST.COMHEALTHCARE WORKERS ARE ALREADYBEARING A HUGE BRUNT OF THEFIGHT AND AT GREAT PERSONAL RISKCARING FOR PATIENTS WITHCOVID-19 AND SOMETIMES THEY GOENTIRE SHIFTS WITHOUT EVEN AMEAL ARKADY SAYS MARTINAUGUSTINE EXPLAINS WHAT THEWORKERS AT ONE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSARE DOING ABOUT THAT AND HOW YOUCAN HELP A GUY NAMED DAN WALSHRUNS SPOKES CAFE RIGHT HERE INDOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY AT 9TH ANDWALNUT AND OVER THE LAST FEWWEEKS.HE AND HIS EMPLOYEES BEEN LIKE ALOT OF US FEELING LIKE WHAT CANWE DO?HOW MUCH MORE CAN WE HELP IN THETHIS HEALTH CARE CRISIS.WELL, THE ANSWER IS GET SOME OFTHOSE HEALTH CARE WORKERS FEDAND SPOKES.THEY’VE BEEN BOXING UP LUNCHESTHROUGH AN INITIATIVE WHERE YOUCAN BUY A MEAL FOR A HEALTHCAREWORKER MORE ON HOW YOU CAN HELPIN A MOMENT.THOSE LUNCHES ARE PATCHED UPUSUALLY 50 AT A TIME ANDDELIVERED TO DOCTORS AND NURSESOTHER HEALTH CARE WORKERS GIVINGTHEM A BREAK AND YOU A SENSE.YOU’RE HELPING THE FIGHT, YOUKNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE FEELHELPLESS.THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN’T DOANYTHING OR THEY CAN’T DOANYTHING TO HELP AND THIS ALLOWSPEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELPTHOSE OUT THERE.FIGHTING THIS ON THE FRONT LINEAND HERE’S HOW YOU DO THAT.YOU CAN GO TO SPOKES WEBSIT ANDGO TO THE LITTLE BUTTON YOU CANCLICK ON TO ORDER A DROP DOWNMENU WILL APPEAR IN ONE OF THEOPTIONS IS BY LUNCH FOR AHEALTHCARE WORKER.IT’LL COST YOU 10 BUCKS DO WORLDA GOOD FOR SOMEBODY IN A PAIR OFSCRUBS NOW, I’VE GOT THAT LINKUP NOW AND I CAME DC9 NEWSFACEBOOK PAGE AND MY TWITTERFEED IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOKREPORTING FROM DOWNTOWN KANSASCITY MARTIN AUGUSTINE KMBC 9NEWS.ALL RIGHT.WELL, MEANWHILE NEIGHBORS ACROSSSEVERAL AREAS ARE UPSET.THEY’RE UNCOMFORTABLE AFTER THEYGOT GOT A LETTER FROM THEIRHOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.AND TO REPORT ANY POSITIVE CASESOF COVID-19 FIRST SERVICERESIDENTIAL THEY ARE THE LARGESTPROVIDER OF HOA MANAGEMENT INTHE KANSAS CITY AREA.THE LETTER S RESIDENTS TO REPORTCOVID-19 CASES SO THEY COULDCLEAN AND SANITIZE COMMON AREASLAUGHTER PEOPLE GOT UPSET ASECOND LETTER WAS SENT OUTSAYING THAT IT WAS COMPLETELYVOLUNTARY TO REPORT ANY POSITIVECASE.I THINK THEY HAD THOUGHT THISTHROUGH THE FIRST TIME MAYBE HADSOME GOOD SOME BETTER.THAT’S A TEST AUDIENCE ON IT.THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TOSEND OUT A BETTER LETTER.CALLED A FIRST SERVICE WAS NOTIMMEDIATELY RETURNED AND THISMORNING A NEW LIST OF LAYOFFS ISGOING OUT ACROSS, MISSOURI 81PEOPLE RECEIVE TEMPORARYFURLOUGHS AT THE ST.JOE FRONTIER CASINO 200 PEOPLERECEIVE TEMPORARY LAYOFF NOTICESAT AUTO ALERT IN KANSAS CITY IN94 PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR WELKRESORTS AND BRANSON, THEY’VETEMPORARILY LOST JOBS WELL OVERSIX AND A HALF MILLION AMERICANSHAVE FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENTBENEFITS LAST WEEK.THAT IS A RECORD THAT MASSIVENUMBER INCLUDES ALMOST ALMOST160,000 PEOPLE IN, KANSAS AND,MISSOURI.MISSOURI REPORTED MORE THAN100,000 NEW CLAIMS LAST WEEKANOTHER FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND NEWCLAIMS WERE FILED IN KANSAS LASTWEEK.AND FOR THOSE THOUSANDS OFPEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING AFTERLOSING A JOB A LOCAL GROUPWATSON TO WORRY ABOUT ONE LESSTHING FOOD.HERE’S THE COMMUNITY SERVICESLEAGUE IN BLUE SPRINGS UNDERNORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES.THEY SERVE AS A FOOD BANK WENTOUT THERE ARE DRIVE-THROUGH ANDA LIFELINE FOR THE THOUSANDS OFFAMILIES WHO ARE STRUGGLING INTHIS CRISIS AND IF THEIR BUSIESTTHEY’RE HEADING OUT TWENTY FIVETHOUSA ONE DAY’S WORKANTICIPATE TO ME.WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE WITHTHIS SITUATION, SO WE’RE REALLYGOING TO NEED DONATIONS AT ALLLOCATIONS TO ENSURE THAT WE CANKEEP DOING THE WORK THAT WE’REDOING.EACH COMMUNITY SERVICES LEAGUEFOOD PANTRY HAS THEIR OWN HOURSTO FIND THE ONE NEAREST TO YOUOR TO DONATE OUR KMBC 9S.BRIAN JOHNSON.HE HAS A LINK ON HIS KBCFACEBOOK PAGE AND YOU