CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STATE LINE, MISSOURI IS REPORTING MORE THAN NEW CASES SUNDAY A TOTAL OF EIGHT HUNDRED NINE PEOPLE HAVE DIED 6.1 PERCENT OF TESTS ARE COMING BACK POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION MONTHS THAT NUMBER TO BE AT 10 OR BELOW AS A FRIDAY KANSAS WAS REPORTING MORE THAN 10,000 CASES WITH 223 NEW CASES ON FRIDAY AND THE LAST WEEK AN AVERAGE OF THREE POINT SIX PERCENT OF TESTS ARE COMING BACK POSITIVE IN KANSAS AND IN THE KANSAS CITY METRO 111 NEW CASES WERE JUST REPORTED BRINGS A TOTAL NUMBE OVER FIFTY NINE HUNDRED. NEIGHBORS IN JOHNSON COUNTY YOU CAN GET A FREE COVID-19 TEST THIS WEEK. YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS OF THE VIRUS LIKE A FEVER OR COUGH. CALL YOUR PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR FIRST, AND YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TEST AT THE COUNTY’S HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND TODAY DOUGLAS COUNTY MOVES INTO PHASE 3, THEY’RE REOPENING PLAN MASS. GATHERINGS HAVE TO STAY UNDER 45 PEOPLE BUSINESSES AND VENUES CAN REOPEN INCLUDING SWIMM
Johnson County COVID-19 drive-thru testing site to open Friday for anyone who lives, works in county
The Johnson County Department of Health and Environment says anyone age 18 and older who lives or works in Johnson County, Kansas, can get a free COVID-19 test on Friday.The JCDHE said the tests will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., or until supplies run out, at the College Boulevard Activity Center located 11031 S. Valley Road in Olathe. The drive-thru testing clinic is a first-come, first-served basis for anyone with or without symptoms. JCDHE said you must bring a driver’s license, but it’s not required to be tested. Traffic should enter the testing clinic off of College Boulevard and Lone Elm Road and follow the signs, JCDHE said. Due to the high demand for this type of testing, additional volunteers and two extra testing stations will be added for a total of six stations. “We are pleased to expand testing to those who work in Johnson County,” JCDHE said in a news release. “If we can find and isolate those positive cases now, we can avoid further spread of infection in our workplaces and keep people working.”JCDHE said those getting testing should remain in their vehicles with the windows rolled up until it’s time for their test. Testing involves using a swab to take a sample from inside the nose. The department requests that people not bring pets to the testing site to protect the safety of staff and the occupants of the vehicle. This is the department’s sixth community testing event and is part of the county’s overall strategy to broadly test Johnson County residents. On May 29, the department tested 953 people with and without symptoms resulting in nine positive cases of COVID-19 and one inconclusive result. “The data from these testing clinics is trending in the right direction, but the virus is still out there,” said Dr. Sanmi Areola, director of the department. “It’s important that everyone continue to stay 6-feet from others, wear a mask in public and avoid large crowds.”
OLATHE, Kan. —
The Johnson County Department of Health and Environment says anyone age 18 and older who lives or works in Johnson County, Kansas, can get a free COVID-19 test on Friday.
The JCDHE said the tests will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., or until supplies run out, at the College Boulevard Activity Center located 11031 S. Valley Road in Olathe.
The drive-thru testing clinic is a first-come, first-served basis for anyone with or without symptoms. JCDHE said you must bring a driver’s license, but it’s not required to be tested.
Traffic should enter the testing clinic off of College Boulevard and Lone Elm Road and follow the signs, JCDHE said. Due to the high demand for this type of testing, additional volunteers and two extra testing stations will be added for a total of six stations.
“We are pleased to expand testing to those who work in Johnson County,” JCDHE said in a news release. “If we can find and isolate those positive cases now, we can avoid further spread of infection in our workplaces and keep people working.”
JCDHE said those getting testing should remain in their vehicles with the windows rolled up until it’s time for their test. Testing involves using a swab to take a sample from inside the nose. The department requests that people not bring pets to the testing site to protect the safety of staff and the occupants of the vehicle.
This is the department’s sixth community testing event and is part of the county’s overall strategy to broadly test Johnson County residents. On May 29, the department tested 953 people with and without symptoms resulting in nine positive cases of COVID-19 and one inconclusive result.
“The data from these testing clinics is trending in the right direction, but the virus is still out there,” said Dr. Sanmi Areola, director of the department. “It’s important that everyone continue to stay 6-feet from others, wear a mask in public and avoid large crowds.”
