8 a.m. COVID-19 update

8 a.m. COVID-19 update

FEMALE COMMISSIONERS.AT LEAST SEVEN SCHOOL DISTRICT.MEANWHILE IS NOW DEALING WITH ACORONAVIRUS CASE IN ANELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT SENTOUT A LETTER TO PARENTS GAVE MESIGHS.MATT EVANS IS LIVE THIS MORNINGTO WALK US THROUGH WHAT IS BEINGDONE NOW, MAN.I WILL ROB THE DISTRICT’S ANYTHAT LETTER TO PARENTS HAD MASONELEMENTARY SCHOOL YESTERDAYCONFIRMING THAT CASE OF COVID-19AND THE BUILDING THE DISTRICTTHOUGH RELEASING VERY FEWDETAILS ABOUT THIS CASE BECAUSEOF PRIVACY REQUIREMENTS.THEY HAVE NOT SAID WHETHER ORNOT THIS IS A STAFF MEMBER OR ASTUDENT WHO TESTED POSITIVE FORTHE CORONAVIRUS.THE DISTRICT SAYS THAT THEY HAVEALREADY CONDUCTED CONTACTTRACING THEY’VE GOTTEN A HOLD OFEVERYONE WHO WAS IN CLOSECONTACT WITH THAT PERSON MEANINGTHEY WERE WITHIN SIX FEET.OR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES THEDISTRICT SAYS THEY’LL CONTINUETO FOLLOW GUIDELINES PUT INPLACE BY THE CDC THE JACKSONCOUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, LIKESOCIAL DISTANCING MASK WEARINGAND PROPER HAND WASHING.THE DISTRICT ALSO SAYS IN THATLETTER THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANTREMINDER TO THE ENTIRELYSEPARATE SCHOOL COMMUNITY THATWE ALL NEED TO KEEP A VERY CLOSEEYE ON OUR HEALTH AND ANYCOVID-19 SYMPTOMS IN OF THISPANDEMIC.IVAN LEAGUE SUMMIT THIS MORNINGMATT EVANS KMBC 9 NEWS.ALL RIGHT.THANKS SO MUCH MATT.WELL THE STATEWIDE CONTACTTRACING OPERATION IS NOWUNDERWAY AFTER GOVERNOR MIKEPARSONS AND HIS WIFE TESTEDPOSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS PARSONSSTOPPED IN KANSAS CITY, AND IT’SSIX OTHER EVENTS ACROSS THESTATE EARLIER THIS WEEK BEFOREHIS DIAGNOSIS IS ALPHA SAYS,HE’S FEELING FINE AND HOPES TOBE BACK IN THE OFFICE IN 10DAYS.THE GOVERNOR IS STAYING INJEFFERSON CITY FIRST LADY.TERESA PERSON IS RECOVERING ATTHEIR HOME IN BOLIVAR WITH MILDSYMPTOMS AND WHILE THE KANSASCOVID-19 POSITIVITY RATE HELDSTEADY.MISSOURI’S IS GONE UP SLIGHTLY.A TO 12.9% THE NATIONAL RATE ISHOLDING STEADY AT FOUR POINTNINE PERCENT WHILE THE NINECOUNTY KANSAS CITY REGION THESEVEN-DAY ROLLING AVERAGE FORNEW CASES.IS IT TO 32 HOSPITALIZATIONS AREDOWN TO AN AVERAGE OF 83 PER DAYAND THE CROWD OF OUR SPEND EMICMAY BE THE CAUSE OF PEOPLELEAVING LARGE CITIES FOR ASMALLER METRO AREAS LIKE KANSASCITY, MISSOURI A LINKEDIN SURVEYFOUND IN KC.MO.HAS THE FIFTH MOST NET ARRIVALSFROM APRIL TO AUGUST OF THISYEAR ARRIVALS HAVE GRO BY 3.9%JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA AND SALTLAKE.YOU HAVE THE LARGEST MIGRATIONINTO THEIR AREAS THE SAME SURVEYFOUND THAT PEOPLE ARE BELIEVINGNEW YORK CITY, SAN FRANCISCO BAYAREA AND SEATTLE DECLINES INRIVALS IN NEW YORK AND SANFRANCISCO OR MORE THAN 20% ANDTHIS MORNING QUESTIONS AREBUILDING ABOUT A BLUE SPRINGSSCHOOL BOARD MEMBER PROMOTING ANONLINE FUNDRAISER THE FUNDRAISERWORKS TO COVER COSTS FOR THEDISTRICT IS SU THE JACKSONCOUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT OVERTHE COUNTY’S ATTENDANCERESTRICTIONS IN PLACE FOR LARGEEVENTS, LIKE GAMES OR BOARDMEMBER BOBBY HAWK BEGAN POSTINGABOUT THE FUNDRAISER.HE MADE SEVERAL POST ONDIFFERENT.BUCK PAGES AND TELLS US HESUPPORTS THE LAWSUIT A NUMBER OFPARENTS SAY THE DISTRICT SHOULDBE DOING THIS.JUST LIKE OUR SCHOOL BOARD ISTRYING TO DO RIGHT BY OURSTUDENTS.I THINK THE COUNTY HEALTHDEPARTMENT IS TRYING TO DO RIGHTFOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY DISTRICTREP TELLS US THEY HAVE NO IDEAWHAT THE COST OF THE LAWSUIT IS.THE BILLS HAVEN’T COME IN YET.THE SUIT HAS THE CORAL OCTOBER5TH.WE REACHED OUT TO THE JACKSONCOUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.SPOK