Kansas adds 215 COVID-19 cases as cases rise around meatpacking plants, correctional facilities

Hide Transcript
Show Transcript

BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO. ALL RIGHT, JOHNNY. THANK YOU. WILL CLAY COUNTY, MISSOURI IS AMONG THOSE PLACES REOPENING FOR BUSINESS THIS MORNING CAME. HE SAYS MARTIN AUGUSTINE IS IN DOWNTOWN LIBERTY THIS MORNING TO BREAK IT DOWN MARTIN. THERE ARE STILL RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE, THOUGH. YEAH NUMBER OF BOXES TO CHECK BEFORE BUSINESS OWNERS CAN OPEN BUT BOY, THAT’S WHAT THEY REALLY WANT TO DO HERE ON THE SQUARE AND LIBERTY. IN FACT LOOK BACK HERE AT HUEY’S ON THE SQUARE. NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE THE NYAN OPEN SIGN ON THEY POSTED IN THE WINDOW OPEN FOR DINE IN MAN RESTAURANTS. HAVEN’T DONE THAT IN A LONG TIME. BUT THIS IS A SOFT REOPENING OF SORTS BECAUSE SOCIAL DISTANCING IS STILL THE RULE HERE EVEN WITH THE ECONOMY REOPENING REOPENING. EXCUSE ME, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN IT COMES RESTAURANT DINING ROOMS THOSE LISA IS NEED TO HAVE THE SEATING SPREAD OUT TO MAINTAIN SPACE RETAIL STORES IF THEY’RE 10,000 SQUARE FEET. OR LESS THEY NEED TO OPERATE AT 25% OF AUTHORIZED OCCUPANCY. STORIES OF MORE THAN 10,000 SQUARE FEET THAT OCCUPANCY FIGURED DROPS TO 10% IT’S A IT’S A FORMULA IN WHICH YOU’RE JUST TRYING TO MANAGE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THOSE STORES AND WHILE JIM’S MAY REOPEN UNDER THE STATEWIDE ORDER IT SPECIFICALLY HERE IN THE CITY OF LIBERTY THE LIBERTY COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS A GYM AND POOL AND THEATER THAT’S GOING TO REMAIN CLOSED FOR NOW. THE CITY PLAYGROUNDS WILL REMAIN CLOSED BUT THE CITY PARKS ARE OPEN, BUT IF YOU’RE ON THE TENNIS COURT OR THE DOG PARK DOESN’T MATTER YOU NEED TO MAINTAIN YOUR SOCIAL DISTANCE FROM ONE ANOTHER AND MUCH O THIS COULD CHANGE BECAUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE EMPOWERED TO PUT STRICTER GUIDELINES INTO PLACE. NOW. THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION IN SOME CASES WHAT IS IN EFFECT HERE IS NOT IN EFFECT OVER THERE. SO UP ON MY KMBC 9 NEWS FACEBOOK PAGE NOW. I HAVE LINKS THAT DESCRIBE THE REOPENING OF THE ECONOMY ON THE STATEWIDE LEVEL. AT CLAY COUNTY AND WHAT THEY’RE HERE IN LIBERTY? REPORTING LIVE IN LIBERTY MARTIN AUGUSTINE KMBC 9 NEWS MARTIN. THANKS SO MUCH MORE IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, A FEW BUSINESSES WILL BE ALLOWED TO OPEN THIS WEDNESDAY LIKE SALONS AND BARBERSHOPS ARE THE BUSINESSES WON’T BE ALLOWED TO REOPEN FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER ON MAY 15. THE CITY’S 10-10-10 PLAN WILL TAKE EFFECT ONLY 10% OF THE BUILDING HAS CAPACITY OR TEN PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED INSIDE. WHICHEVER IS GREATER. ANYONE STAYING LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES. WE’LL HAVE TO SIGN IN AND LEAVE CONTACT INFORMATION THIS MORNING ON KMB LUCAS JOINED US. WE ASK TOM ABOUT HIS SINCE TOO ANXIOUS KANSAS CITY RESIDENTS WATCHING THEIR NEIGHBORS REOPEN THIS MORNING. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE THING THAT WE ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO PEOPLE IS THIS FUNDAMENTAL RULE, WHICH IS THAT WE’RE ALL TRYING TO PROTECT YOUR SAFETY AND NO ONE NEEDS TO ACTUALLY GO OUT ANY SOONER THAN THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH, YOU KNOW, I’VE TALKED TO A LOT OF BUSINESSES. I TALKED TO A RESTAURANT ON SATURDAY NIGHT IN KANSAS CITY, AND THEY SAID WE’RE NOT EVEN OPENING ON THE 15TH WHEN THEY WERE ALLOWED TO IN THIS CITY, YOU KNOW THE WAY WE BALANCE RULES IS FIRST OF ALL TO KNOW THAT IT WILL BE A PROBABLY A SHORT TIME FRAME THAT WE’RE SEEING THIS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JURISDICTIONS, B BIGGER PART IS I THINK PEOPLE KNOW NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE EVERY LEADER IS TRYING TO MAKE THAT CHOICE THAT ALLOWS THEIR COMMUNITY TO STAY SAFE JACKSON COUNTY WILL REOPEN A WEEK FROM TODAY ON MAY 11TH, AND I’LL RELEASE DETAILS THIS WEEK WHAT KANSAS COUNTIES THAT HAVE NOT EXTENDED STAY AT HOME WATERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO LIFT RESTRICTIONS. TODAY IS THE STATE MOVES INTO THE FIRST PHASE OF ITS RECOVERY PLAN GAMES HIS DAUGHTER PITMAN LIVE FROM HOME THIS MORNING TO BREAK DOWN WHAT’S ALLOWED TO OPEN AND WHICH COUNTIES STAYING SHUT DOWN HEDONIC. GOOD MORNING. AGAIN, ROB TO YOU. YES A LOT TO BREAK DOWN AND JUST JUST IN THE STATE OF KANSAS AS IS THE CASE IN MISSOURI WHERE MARTIN’S REPORTING FROM BOTH. SO KANSAS IS STAY-AT-HOME ORDER AS YOU LIKELY KNOW THAT WAS LIFTED LAST NIGHT AT EXPIRED AT 11:59. HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT APPLY TO ALL PARTS OF KANSAS BUSINESS CERTAINLY IS NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL AS WE START THIS REOPENING PROCESS SOME COUNTIES. THEY ARE ALLOWED TO TAKE SOME SMALL STEPS TO GET THE ECONOMY ROLLING TODAY FOR STARTERS. RESTAURANTS CAN OPEN IF TABLES ARE SEPARATED BY 6 FEET CHURCHES CAN ALSO REOPEN BUT ONLY IF MEMBERS PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING NOW BARS THEATERS MUSEUMS, THEY WILL STAY CLOSED NOW AS FOR SOCIAL GATHERINGS GET-TOGETHERS THE STATEWIDE BAN ON GROUPS LARGER THAN 10 PEOPLE THAT REMAINS TO AREA COUNTIES WILL NOT BE REOPENING TODAY. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT JOHNSON AND WYANDOTTE COUNTIES. THEY’RE BOTH UNDERSTAND HOME ORDERS UNTIL A WEEK FROM TODAY THAT IS MADE THE 11TH AND THEY BOTH HAVE A PLAN WHEN IT COMES TO REOPENING ON THAT DAY MAY 11TH. JOHNSON COUNTY WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE STATE’S RECOVERY PLAN AS FOR WYANDOTTE COUNTY. THEY’RE HOPING THEY’LL THE INTER PHASE ONE OF THEIR PLAN IN BOTH COUNTIES WYANDOTTE AND AND JOHNSON COUNTY THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE DATA VERY CLOSELY VERY CAREFULLY TO SEE HOW THINGS GO WITH COVID-19 BEFORE DECIDING WHAT THE WILL BE. REPORTING LIVE FROM HOME BACK TO YOU ROBIN. YEAH. THANKS SO MUCH TANDY. I REALLY LIKE GOING ON EVERYONE JUST DOING THE BEST THEY CAN IN THESE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES. THANKS SO MUCH. WELL, HE BOUGHT HEALTH OFFICIALS. THEY HAVE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AS THE FIRST PHASE OF REOPENING BEGINS WITH DONNA’S DISCUSSING. MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW YOUR COUNTY OR YOUR CITIES RESTRICTIONS. STAY AT HOME IF YOU’RE SICK OR MASS IN PUBLIC SETTINGS KEEP SIX FEET OR MORE AWAY FROM OTHER PEOPLE AND CONTINUE TO WASH YOUR HANDS FREQUENTLY. WELL REPRESENTATIVE F TRIUMPH FOOD SAYS 373 EMPLOYEES IN CONTRACTORS. WORKERS HAVE NOW TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 AT THE COMPANY’S PLANT IN ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI. NONE OF THOSE WORKERS HAVE SHOWN ANY RELATED SYMPTOMS. WELL, WE’RE TOLD THAT THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES IS WORKING WITH THE COMPANY TRACKING PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THOSE EMPLOYEES AND WHILE SOME PEOPLE DON’T SHOW SYMPTOMS OF CORONAVIRUS MANY DO HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO LOOK FOR THINGS LIKE FEVER COUGH SHORTNESS OF BREATH CHILLS REPEATED SHAKING WITH CHILLS MUSCLE PAIN HEADACHE SORE THROAT AND NEW LOSS OF TASTE OR SMELL IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THOSE SYMPTOMS MAKES YOU ISOLATE YOURSELF AND CALL YOUR DOCTOR FOR INSTRUCTIONS. REMEMBER MOST PEOPLE RECOVER FROM COVID-19 AT HOME. PEOPLE IN JACKSON COUNTY AND KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI CAN GET TESTED FOR CORONAVIRUS THIS WEEK TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER HAS MOBILE TESTING SET UP AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION EACH DAY TODAY. IT’S AT METRO CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH IN GRANDVIEW. YOU NEED TO CALL AHEAD AND TALK WITH THE NURSE TO GET TESTED. THAT NUMBER TO CALL IS EIGHT ONE SIX FOUR. OH FOUR CARE. ALSO IF YOU LIVE IN PLATTE COUNTY YOU CAN GET TESTED EVEN IF YOU DON’T HAVE SYMPTOMS OR BEFORE YOUR TEST IT YOU NEED TO USE THE ONLINE SELF REPORTING TOOL. IT