Monday 6 p.m. COVID-19 update

Monday 6 p.m. COVID-19 update

I’M KRIS KETZ AND I’M KELLYECKERMAN AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIESIN JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS ARE NOWTAKING CENTER STAGE.KMBC 9S.KELLY GIBBS LIVE IN JOHNSONCOUNTY IS WE’RE HEARING FROM APARENT THIS EVENING ON THIS ONEKELLY.THAT’S RIGHT, CHRIS.WELL, I’M TOLD THE JOHNSONCOUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL BEMAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO SCHOOLDISTRICTS IN A MEETING TOMORROW.HOWEVER, DESPITE THOSERECOMMENDATIONS SOME PARENTS SAYTHEY WANT THEIR STUDENTS TOPARTICIPATE.ALL WE’RE REALLY ASKING FOR ISTHAT WE BEGIN EVEN A CHOICEDANITA BEERS IS JUST ONE OF MANYPARENTS IN JOHNSON COUNTY.WHO SAYS SHE WANTS TO SEE HERSTUDENT ENGAGE INEXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES INTHE FALL.WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THEWHOLE CHILD.NOT JUST THE COVID-19 SIDE OFIT, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO BELOOKING AT THE MENTALITY OR THEMENTAL SIDE OF THIS OUTBREAK ASWELL.THE JOHNSON COUNTY HEALTHDEPARTMENT HAS OUTLINEDRECOMMENDATIONS TO ENSURE THOSEACTIVITIES BEGIN SAFELY BASED ONTHOSE GUIDELINES AND ALL CLEARTO PARTICIPATE WOULD MEAN THECOUNTY HAS SEEN COVID-19 CASESHOLDS STEADY OR DECLINE WITHTEST POSITIVITY RATES AT OR LESSTHAN 5% WE CONTINUE TO ADVOCATETHROUGH EMAILING AND VOICINGTHEIR OPINIONS TO THE SCHOOLBOARD THE BOARD OFCOMMISSIONERS.WE’RE ALSO REACHING OUT TO THEJOHNSON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTASKING SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.THERE ARE NUMEROUS EXAMPLES OFIT’S BEING PLAYED SAFELY IN EVENIN JOHNSON COUNTY AND IT’S BEINGDONE SAFELY WITH NO CASES.SO WE THINK IT CAN BE DONE INTHE SCHOOLS AS WELL.AND AGAIN THE HEALTH DEPARTENTSET TO MAKE THOSERECOMMENDATIONS TO DISTRICTLEADERS TOMORROW REPORTING LIVEIN JOHNSON COUNTY KELLY GIBBSKMBC 9 NEWS.THERE’S NO WORD YET ON WHENSCHOOL LEADERS WILL MAKE A FINALDECISION.WE DO HAVE AN UPDATE ON WHATCHIEFS GAMES WILL LOOK LIKE FORFANS THIS SEASON.THERE ARE A LOT OF CHANGES INREGARDS TO TICKETS SEATING ANDBAGS.DAVE STEWART WILL BE BREAKING ITALL DOWN FOR US LATER IN SPORTS.KANSAS IS NOW REPORTING MORETHAN 1,200 NEW CORONAVIRUSCASES.SINCE FRIDAY, MISSOURI ISREPORTING MORE THAN 1,100 SINCESUNDAY.WE JUST LEARNED TODAY MORE THANTWENTY ONE PERCENT OF THE CASESIN MISSOURI OUR PATIENTS INTHEIR 20S.THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE STATE’SHEALTH DEPARTMENT.NOW, LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THESEVEN DAY MOVING AVERAGE OF THEPOSITIVITY RATE.THAT’S ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TOTRACK THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.KANSAS IS UP A BIT TO 12.5%MISSOURI’S HANGING STUDY AT10.9% THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS6.7% KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI MAYORIS WARNING PEOPLE TO WEAR A MASKOF BARS AND RESTAURANTS.JOHNSON THE CITY COULD BE SHUTDOWN AGAIN THIS AFTER THE MAYORDID A SPOT CHECK OF SOMEESTABLISHMENTS AND AS KMBC 9S,BRIAN JOHNSON REPORTS NOT ALL OFTHEM WERE FOLLOWING THE RULES.PLACES LIKE KELLY’S IN WESTPORTARE AMONG THE BARS MAYOR QUINTONLUCAS IS PRAISING TODAY AFTERDOING A WALK OF OUT SUNDAYNIGHT.HE SAYS MANY ARE WORKING HARD TOKEEP PEOPLE SAFE FROM COVID-19.THERE WERE A LOT OF BRIGHTSPOTS, BUT THERE WERE ALSO SOMENOT SO BRIGHT SPOTS.THERE ARE SOME WHERE IT LOOKEDLIKE THEY WERE PARTYING LIKEIT’S 2019 SOME VIDEOS LIKE THISONE ON SOCIAL MEDIA SHOW FEWMASKS AND LITTLE DISTANCEBETWEEN GROUPS.WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP FROMGETTING IN A POSITION WHERE WEHAVE TO BE LIKE, FLORIDA ORTEXAS OR ARIZONA AND SHUT BARSSHUT DOWN RESTAURANTS ANY OFTHOSE SORTS OF THINGS THE KANSASCITY HEALTH DIRECTOR SAYS CASESINCREASE WE MIGHT BE CLOSER TOCLOSING BARS, BUT IT CAN BEAVOIDED.YEAH, 95% OF FOLKS ARE WEARINGMASS AND WE’RE DOING WHAT WE’RESUPPOSED TO BE DOING THAT WE CANAVOID THAT.THEY SAY PERHAPS A BIGGERCONCERN LARGE PRIVATE PARTIESLIKE THIS ONE IN LAKEWOOD LASTMONTH THAT RESULTED IN DOZENS OFTEENS GETTING TESTS WITH SEVERALCONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19.WE’RE NOT HERE TO BEOVERWHELMINGLY PUNITIVE.PUNITIVE.WE JUST WANT PEOPLE FOLLOWINGTHE RULES.BECAUSE WE WANT PEOPLE SAFE.I WANT TO SEE THE CITY OPEN ASMUCH AS ANYBODY ELSE.BRIAN JOHNSON KMBC 9 NEWS.THE CITY’S HEALTH DIRECTOR SAYSKANSAS CITY, MISSOURI IS MASKMANDATE WAS EXTENDED TO JANUARYBECAUSE OF HOW PEOPLE HAVE BEENHANDLING THE OUTBREAK.HE SAYS, IT’S CLEAR.WE’LL SEE CASES FOR THE NEXTFIVE OR SIX MONTHS HEALTHOFFICIALS IN WYANDOTTE COUNTYJOINED DOCTORS FROM THEUNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTHSYSTEM TO TALK ABOUT THE HIGHNUMBER OF CASES.THEY’RE THE POSITIVITY RATE INWYANDOTTE COUNTY IS NOW AT 19PERCENT AND THAT’S NOT ALLTHEY’RE CONCERNED WITH THESEDAYS.ONE OF THE THINGS WE WONDERABOUT IS, YOU KNOW ARE JUST AREFEWER PEOPLE COMING IN TO GETTESTED AT THIS POINT AND THATREALLY IS CONCERNING TO US.SO IF I CAN SEND ONE MESSAGE,IT’S THAT YOU KNOW, IF YOU AREFEELING SYMPTOMS OF COVID OR IFYOU HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITHSOMEBODY WHO YOU KNOW ISPOSITIVE COME GET TESTED.UNIFIED GOVERNMENT HEALTHOFFICIALS STRESS TESTING ISAVAILABLE WITH FAIRLY QUICKTURNAROUND TIME.YOU CAN GO TO THE