Thursday 4 p.m. COVID-19 update

KMBC, Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas, coronavirus, COVID-19

FORECAST COMING UP FOR THEEIGHTH DAY IN A ROW, MISSOURI ISREPORTING MORE THAN A THOUSANDNEW COVID-19 CASES.TODAY’S COUNT IS NEAR 1400.WE WILL GET AN UPDATE FROMKANSAS TOMORROW AS FOR THESTATE’S POSITIVITY RATES,MISSOURI IS UP A BIT TO THIRTEENPOINT NINE PERCENT OF TESTCOMING BACK POSITIVE.IN KANSAS IS 6 IN POINT SIXPERCENT THE NATIONAL AVERAGE ISKANSAS IS RANKED ONE OF THEWORST STATES IN THE NATION WHENIT COMES TO COVID-19 ACCORDINGTO THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OFHEALTH KANSAS RANKS SIXTH IN THECOUNTRY FOR THE NUMBER OF NEWCASES BASED ON POPULATION.THE STATE’S HEALTH DIRECTOR, DR.LIN NORMAN SAYS THE LATEST WHITEHOUSE REPORT SHOWS KANSAS HAS150 TWO NEW CASES PER 100,000PEOPLE.THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS 88 NEWCASES PER 100,000.THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS IN THATREPORT.KANSAS IS IN THE GREEN ZONE WHENIT COMES TO TESTING THE STATEHAS BEEN ABLE TO EXCEED THENUMBER OF RECOMMENDED BY THETASK FORCE TONIGHT UNIONPROTECTING TEACHERS AND STAFF ISCALLING ON THE MISSOURIDEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY ANDSECONDARY EDUCATION TO CREATE ADATABASE OF COVID-19 IN SCHOOLSINVESTIGATIVE REPORTER.MATT FLEENOR EXPLAINS.WHY?AS KMBC NINE NEWS HAS REPORTEDTHIS WEEK COVID-19 CASES HAVESTARTED SIDELINING SPORTS TEAMSAROUND THE KANSAS CITY AREAMONDAY.WE GOT A CALL FROM ONE OF OURCOACHES SAYING THAT HE HAD SOMECOKE WOULD SYMPTOMS.SPECIFICALLY THE MOST OF TASTEAND SMELL LATER OFSUPERINTENDENT TELLING THECOMMUNITY MULTIPLE COACHES ANDMULTIPLE PLAYERS HAVE TESTEDPOSITIVE FIRST THING OF COURSEIS TO HAVE A STATEWIDEREPOSITORY WHERE DISTRICTS WEREREQUIRED TO REPORT.IT’S CASES LIKE LATHROP.SO THE MISSOURI NATIONALEDUCATION ASSOCIATION WANTS THESTATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TOPUBLISH FOR ALL SCHOOLSSTATEWIDE.IT SAID THIS LETTER WEDNESDAY TOTHE STATE COMMISSIONER OFEDUCATION CALLING FOR THESPECIFIC BUILDING OR ACTIVITYWHERE THE EXPOSURE OCCURRED ANDACTIONS THE SCHOOL.FORD IS TAKING TO INFORM STAFFAND STUDENTS.WE THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANTTHING TO HAPPEN STATEWIDE.SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT’S GOINGON LATER THIS CASE THE DISTRICTTOLD ITS ENTIRE COMMUNITY MOVINGFORWARD AND MANY A HOPES THATHAPPENS FOR ALL DISTRICTS.MATT FLENER KMBC 9 NEWS TONIGHTAT 6:00 AN EXCLUSIVE KMBC9 NEWSINVESTIGATION INVESTIGATIVEPREPORTER.MATT FLEENER BREAKS DOWN HOWMANY DISTRICTS DISTRICTS ARE NOTSHARING INFORMATION ABOUTCOVID-19 CASES WITH THEIRCOMMUNITY.MORE THAN 17,000 WORKERS HAVEBEEN INFECTED WITH COVID-19 AMEATPACKING PLANTS ACROSS THECOUNTRY.NOW TYSON FOODS SAYS IT WILLOPEN MEDICAL CLINICS AT ITSPLANTS YOU MAY RECALL AT THE YOUMAY RECALL AT THE HEIGHT OF THEPANDEMIC.TYSON HAD TO SHUT DOWN SEVERALOF ITS LOCATIONS BECAUSE THESICK WORKERS NOW AS PART OF THISPILOT PROGRAM.TYSON FOODS WILL SET UP CLINICSNEAR SEVEN OF ITS PLANTSINCLUDING THE PLANT AND HOLCOMBKANSAS THAT’S IN FINNEY COUNTY.THE CLINICS ARE EXPECTED TO TOBE UP AND RUNNING EARLY NEXT.GEE R JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURIIS OFFERING MORE CHANCES FORPEOPLE TO GET TESTED FOR THECORONAVIRUS THE TIMES ANDLOCATIONS FOR THE FREE TESTINGNEXT WEEK OR UP ON YOUR SCREEN.NOW, YOU DON’T HAVE TO BESHOWING SYMPTOMS TO GET TESTEDREGISTRATION IS OPEN ON THEJACKSON COUNTY HEALTHDEPARTMENT’S WEBSITE CORONAVIRUSCASES IN THE US HAVE NOW TOPPED6.1 MILLION AS CONCERNSSURROUNDING THE DEADLY VIRUSSTRETCH FROM HEALTH ISSUES TOPOLITICAL IMPLICATIONS.KMBC 9S.MATT PRITCHARD IS IN WASHINGTONWITH A CLOSER LOOK, MILLIONS OFCASES MORE THAN A HUNDRED ANDEIGHTY SIX THOUSAND DEAD IN THEUS AND HEALTH EXPERTS SAYINDEPENDENT MAKE THE UNITEDSTATES IS NOT DOING WELL.WE ARE IN A SHAMEFUL STATE.PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD DON’TTAKE US SERIOUSLY CONCERNSURROUNDING COVID-19 ARE ONLYGROWING WITH RECENT CDC GUIDANCETELLING STATES TO PREPARE FORVACCINE DISTRIBUTION AS EARLY ASNOVEMBER.WE DO NEED TO HAVE THEDISTRIBUTION MECHANISMS INPLACE.IT’S GOING TO BE A LOT TOO.ONCE THE VACCINES ARE LICENSEDAND AVAILABLE TO DISTRIBUTE THEMTO ALL AMERICANS.HOWEVER, THE TIMING IS A LITTLECONCERNING COMING JUST AHEAD OFELECTION DAY WHAT REALLY COMESTO MIND.IS THE TWO WORDS OCTOBERSURPRISE THE IDEA THAT SOMETHINGCAN HAPPEN THAT CAN REALLYCHANGE THE FORTUNES OF THEPERSON IN OFFICE.IT FEARS THAT HAVE BEEN PUSHEDASIDE BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALSTHE FDA AND THE CDC THEREDATA-DRIVEN ORGANIZATIONS.SO I THINK THAT PEOPLE CAN FEELCONFIDENT THAT WHEN THESE DATACOME IN THEY’LL BE EXAMINEDAPPROPRIATELY AND A DECISIONMADE AND ECHOED BY THE WHITEHOUSE.HE WILL NOT IN ANY WAY SACRIFICESAFETY AND MAKING SURE THAT THISIS ONE 2% ARE TIGHT BEFORE THEAMERICAN PEOPLE RECEIVE ITTURNING THEIR ATTENTION TOANOTHER THREE DAY WEEKEND FORAMERICANS AND THE SPIKE IN CASESIT COULD CAUSE PARTICULARLY ASWE GO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF LABORDAY AND ENTER INTO THE FALL.WE WANT TO GO INTO THAT WITH ARUNNING START IN THE RIGHTDIRECTION.CURRENTLY THREE CORONAVIRUSVACCINE CANDIDATES AREUNDERGOING PHASE 3 TRIALS HEREIN THE US.THE CITY OF LAWRENCE ISANNOUNCING POLICE OFFICERS WILLRESUME WRITING PARKING TICKETSAGAIN OFFICERS WERE TEMPORARILYIGNORING TIME LIMITED PARKINGZONES AND METERS DURING THEPANDEMIC PARKING ENFORCEMENTWILL BEGIN A WEEK FROM MONDAYSEPTEMBER 14TH CITY LEADERS.SAY TRAFFIC HAS STARTED