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INTO SATURDAY STRAIGT AHEAD TALL RIGHT, RYAN WELL IN JUSTUNDER AN HOUR.WE’LL KNOW IF MISSOURI GOVERNORMIKE PARSONS WILL ISSUE ASTATEWIDE STAY-AT-HOME ORDER TOCONTAIN COVID-19.THE GOVERNOR ISSUED A TWO-WEEKORDER RESTRICTING GATHERINGS TWOGROUPS OF 10 OR FEWER PEOPLE.I WAS BACK ON MARCH 23RD.WE’RE GOING TO CARRY THATANNOUNCEMENT LIVE ON KMBC 9 NEWSAT FIVE O’CLOCK TONIGHT,MISSOURI IS ONE OF THE LASTSTATES IN THE COUNTRY WITHOUT ASTATEWIDE STAY-AT-HOME ORDERSOME MISSOURI CITIES ANDCOUNTIES HAVE ADOPTED THE ORDERINVESTIGATIVE REPORTER.MATT FLENER TAKES US TO ONE THATHAS NOT MOST MISSOURIANS AREUNDER A STAY-AT-HOME ORDER INTHEIR COUNTIES AND CITIES BUTTHERE ARE SOME MAINLY IN RURALAREAS THAT HAVE YET TO ORDER ONEEVEN AS THE CALLS FOR ASTATEWIDE ORDER HAVE GROWN INDEKALB COUNTY, MISSOURI, LIKEMOST OTHER PLACES.THE HARDWARE STORE IS STILL OPENTHE GROCERY TUBE, BUT MORE THAN12,000 PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY ARENOT LIVING UNDER A STAY-AT-HOMEOWNER.STILL RESTAURANTS ARE CLOSED THELIBRARY TO KNOW WORKOUTS AT THEGYM.EITHER SO FAR IN OUR AREA IN OURTRI-COUNTY HEALTH.AREA WE’VE HAD ONE REPORTED CASEAFTER CITING COMMISSION SO FARHAS NOT CALLED FOR A STATEHOMEOWNER FOR DEKALB COUNTY.I’M NOT SURE WHAT WOULD ACTUALLYCHANGE FROM WHAT’S ALREADY INPLACE?THE GOVERNOR SAYS STAY AT HOME.NOT A STAY-AT-HOME ORDER, BUTTHAT’S THE RECOMMENDATION.THE CDC IS SAYING THAT AND WESAY THAT WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLYCHANGE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SOCONTAGIOUS AND IT’S JUST SPREAD.SO RAPIDLY THE TRI COUNTY HEALTHADMINISTRATOR SAYS COUNTIES LIKEGENTRY AND WORTH COUNTIESBORDERING THE CAB HAVE ISSUEDSAY AT HOME ORDERS.SHE’S RECOMMENDED TO CALVE ISSUEONE AS WELL.HOPEFULLY IT WAS JUST SPREADINGTHE COMMISSIONER SAYS HE’SWEIGHING ALL THE FACTS RIGHTNOW.WE’RE GOOD, BUT YOU KNOW I CANCHANGE IN DEKALB COUNTY MAFLENER KMBC 9 NEWS MISSOURI’SBRING STATES OF NEBRASKA, IOWAAND ARKANSAS ALSO HAVE NO STATELINE STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS AS OFRIGHT NOW CORONAVIRUS CASESCONTINUE TO RISE, MISSOURI NOWHAS REACHED 2100 AND YOU CAN SEETHAT’S A HUGE JUMP FROM LASTWEEK.THE STATE HAS SEEN 19 DEATHSNOW, HERE’S THE TREND IN KANSASWHERE THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN 620CASES IN 17 DEATHS.WYANDOTTE COUNTY IS OPENING ANEW COVID-19 TESTING SIDE.IT IS ONLY THOUGH FOR PEOPLE WHOLIVE IN THAT COUNTY.THE CLINIC WILL BE AT A TRAILERNEAR BARNETT.AN AVENUE IN KANSAS CITY KANSASIS GOING TO BE OPENED MONDAY,WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONSFROM TWO TO FIVE RESIDENTS MUSTMAKE AN APPOINTMENT AHEAD OFTIME PEOPLE SHOWING SYMPTOMS AREGOING TO GET PRIORITY TESTINGTHE UNIFIED GOVERNMENT’S MEDICALDIRECTOR SAYS THIS WILL GIVETHEM A BETTER PICTURE OF WHATTHEY ARE DEALING WITH KANSASCITY IS ON THE FRONT LINESTRYING TO FIND A VACCINE FORCOVID-19 THE CENTER FORPHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH IS AMONGTHE FIRST SITES CONDUCTING APHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL TODAYSOME OF THE VERY FIRST LOCALPAGE.YOU’RE BEING SCREENED IF THEY’RECLEARED THEY WILL RECEIVE THEEXPERIMENTAL VACCINE EARLY NEXTWEEK.THE FDA IS FAST TRACKING THISPROCESS.WE TALKED TO THE PRINCIPALINVESTIGATOR.I’VE DONE EIGHT HUNDRED CLINICALTRIALS AND THE LAST 34 YEARS ANDA HUNDRED VACCINE TRIALS.THIS IS BY FAR TO THE MOSTIMPORTANT.TRIAL THAT WE’VE DONE EVER.WITH WHAT’S GOING ON IN THEWORLD RIGHT NOW?THE CENTER FOR PHARMACEUTICALRESEARCH IS LOOKING FOR 30HEALTHY ADULTS, AND IF YOU WOULDLIKE TO KNOW MORE KELLY ECKERMANHAS MORE JUST POSTED ON HER KBCFACEBOOK PAGE.ST.LUKE’S HEALTH SYSTEM IS NOW ABLETO PROCESS COVID-19 TESTIN-HOUSE THIS ALLOWS PATIENTSAND MEDICAL WORKERS TO SEE THERESULTS FASTER UNTIL NOW THEY’DBEEN WAITING A COUPLE OF DAYS TOGET RESULTS THE HOSPITAL SYSTEMSAYS, IT’S CARING FOR 25PATIENTS WHO TESTED POSITIVE FORCOVID-19.JOHNSON COUNTY IS KANSAS’S MOSTPOPULOUS COUNTY.IT IS ALSO THE STATE’S MOST THECOUNTY RATHER WITH THE MOSTCOVID-19 CASES KMBC 9S MICHEALMAHONEY TALKED WITH THE ADVENTHEALTH CENTERS CHIEF MEDICALOFFICER ABOUT THEIR THEIR FIGHTAGAINST THIS VIRUS.YEAH, I BET HE’LL CENTERFORMERLY KNOWN TO MANY AS THESHAWNEE MISSION HEALTH CENTER ISONE OF THE LARGEST HOSPITALS INJOHNSON COUNTY THE CHIEF MEDICALOFFICER.DR. LARRY BOUGHT SAYS THAT THEYHAVE 20 COVID-19 CASES IN THERE.I SEE YOU AND THAT THEY HAVEANOTHER 12 PATIENTS THAT AREALSO IN ICU AND THEY ARE WAITINGFOR TESTING RESULTS TO COME BACKFOR THOSE FOLKS AND THE ICU UNITHAS BEEN SEPARATED SO THAT THECOVID-19 PATIENTS ARE AWAY FROMTHE SORT OF STANDARD.HE ALSO SAYS THAT THE NUMBER OFPEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE THERE HASBEEN HOLDING STEADY FOR ABOUTTHE LAST FIVE DAYS.HE HOPES THAT THAT’S A GOODSIGN, BUT HE DOESN’T RULE OUT ASURGE.THEY’VE BEEN ROTATING DOCTORSAND NURSES IN AND OUT OF THEIRICU UNIT AND I ASKED THE DOCTORTO TELL ME WHAT IT WAS LIKE FORTHOSE FOLKS WORKING IN ICU WITHTHE COVID-19 PATIENTS.THE MORALE IS THEY SAID WITH THEFACT THAT THEY’VE BEEN ABLE TOTO COME TO WORK EVERY DAY ANDGIVE THE THE CARE THAT THEPATIENTS NEED IN THAT SETTINGDESPITE THE THE ANXIETY AND THEFEARS ACCORDING TO JOHNSONPCOUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AS OFTHIS MORNING A HUNDREDSEVENTY-TWO COVID-19 CASES INJOHNSON COUNTY.THAT IS JUST ABOUT A THIRD OFTHE ENTIRE CASES FOR THE STATEOF KANSAS MICHEAL MAHONEY KMBC 9NEWS LINN, DR. BOT DR. BOT SAYSTHAT THEY HAVE BED SPACE.BECAUSE SO MANY ELECTIVESURGERIES AND OTHER PROCEDURESHAVE BEEN POSTPONED THEUNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTHSYSTEM IS CLAIMING A SMALLVICTORY.THE HOSPITAL IS TREATING 33COVID-19 PATIENTS.THAT’S ACTUALLY DOWN FROM 36JUST YESTERDAY.HOWEVER DOCTORS SAY THE CURVE ISNOT FLATTENED YET AND THERE ISSTILL WORK TO BE DONE MEDICALSTUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OFKANSAS WILL BE ABLE TO GRADUATEEARLY TO JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINSTCOVID-19 LEADERS.SAY 52 SENIOR MEDICAL STUDENTSWHO HAVE ALREADY MET GRADUATIONREQUIREMENTS.SIGNED UP FOR THE KANSASPANDEMIC VOLUNTEER HEALTH CAREWORKFORCE STUDENTS WILL RECEIVESPECIAL PERMITS TO WORK WITHDOCTORS.THEIR HELP IS ESPECIALLY NEEDEDIN THOSE RURAL HOSPITALS ALREADYDEALING WITH A SHORTAGE OFHEALTHCARE WORKERS MORE CHANGESCOMING UP AT CHILDREN’S MERCYURGENT CARE CENTERS ARE CHANGINGTHEIR HOURS OF OPERATION.AS OF TODAY.THE HOURS ARE NOON TO 6:00 P.M.SEVEN DAYS A WEEK ALL PATIENTSSHOULD CHECK IN ONLINE TORESERVE THEIR SPOT AND REDUCETIME SPENT IN THE WAITING ROOMTHE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.RICONO.IS A NEW MILESTONE THE DEATHTOLL HAS TOP SIX THOUSAND IN THEUS KMBC 9S.SALLY KIDD IS IN WASHINGTON ASTHE WHITE HOUSE IS INCREASINGMORE PROTECTIONS FOR PRESIDENTDONALD TRUMP.HALEY THE WHITE HOUSE NOW SAYSANYONE WHO WILL BE IN CLOSEPROXIMITY TO THE PRESIDENT WILLFIRST BE GIVEN A RAPID COVID-19TEST STARTING TODAY THE WHITEHOUSE RAMPING UP PROTECTIONSREQUIRING TESTING OF ANYONE WHOCOMES NEAR THE PRESIDENT ORVICE-PRESIDENT IF ANYBODY WANTSTO BE TESTED WILL TEST YOUGOVERNORS IN ALL BUT 11 STATESHAVE ISSUED STATEWIDESTAY-AT-HOME ORDERS, AND NOWSOME ARE SUGGESTING RESIDENTSWHERE FACE COVERINGS THE OF WAYSITS OWN GUIDANCE ON MASKS YOUCAN WEAR A BANDANA OR A SCARF ORA SIMPLE CLOTH FACE COVERINGWHEN YOU’RE OUT IN NEW YORK THENEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS DELIVEREDTHREE HUNDRED THOUSAND ANDNINETY FIVE MASKS TO THE JAVITSCENTER NOW BEING USED TO TREATCOVID-19 PATIENTS THE GOVERNOROR DURING THE REDISTRIBUTION OFEXCESS VENTILATORS FROM UPSTATEHOSPITALS TO THOSE WITH CRITICALPATIENTS SEVERAL.IT COULD REPRESENT SEVERALHUNDRED LIVES.SO AM I WILLING TO DEPLOY THENATIONAL GUARD AND INCONVENIENCEPEOPLE FOR SEVERAL SEVERALHUNDRED LIVES?YOU’RE --, RIGHT?I AM SENATOR CORY GARDNER ASKINGAN INSPECTOR GENERAL TOINVESTIGATE ALLEGEDMISMANAGEMENT OF THE STRATEGICNATIONAL STOCKPILE AS HOSPITALSWARREN, THEY’RE RUNNING LOW ONCRITICAL SUPPLIES AND MORESTATES REPORT A SURGE IN CASES.WE SIMPLY DON’T KNOW.JUST HOW BAD THINGS ARE GOING TOGET.OR EXACTLY HOW LONG DOES THISGOING TO LAST?WELL THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATIONOVERNIGHT CHANGED ITSDESCRIPTION OF THE STRATEGICNATIONAL STOCKPILE THE PRESIDENTAND HIS TEAM CLARIFYING THEIRPOSITION THAT IT IS ONLY A SHORTTERM BACKUP SUPPLY FOR STATES TOUSE AND WASHINGTON SALLY KIDDKMBC 9 NEWS AND WITH THIS NEWSTOCKS CLOSED LOWER ON WALLSTREET THE DOW CLOSED DOWN 361POINTS THE S&P DOWN 1.5 PERCENT.40 DELTA PLANES ARE NOW PARKEDON A RUNWAY OUT OF KCI.IT WAS CHOPPER 9 FLEW OVER THEAIRPORT AND AS YOU CAN SEE, ITHAS BECOME ESSENTIALLY A PARKINGLOT FOR AIRPLANES RIGHT NOWTHOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS ARECANCELLED BECAUSE OF THECORONAVIRUS A PEACE CORPS WORKERIS BACK IN THE US AFTER WORKINGIN UKRAINE KMBC 9S LARA MORITZJOINS US LIVE AFTER TALKING TOHER AND LARGE.SHE WAS PLANNING TO BE INUKRAINE A BIT LONGER.23 YEAR OLD EMMA GIVENS WASPLANNING ON BEING IN UKRAINEUNTIL OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR ANDSHE TOLD ME SHE HAD HEARD ABOUTTHE CORONAVIRUS BUT IT SEEMEDLIKE THIS FAR AWAY VIRUS THATWOULD NEVER AFFECT HER OR THESMALL TOWN.SHE WAS SERVING THEN WHAT SEEMSSURREAL BECAME A REALITY WHENSHE WAS TOLD TO EVACUATE AND GETHOME IMMEDIATELY, BUT SHE’S KEPTHER SENSE ABOUT IT.ONCE WE GOT TO THE CAPITAL WEWERE STILL THERE UNTIL THURSDAYBECAUSE THE BORDER SHUTDOWNFLIGHTS WERE RESCHEDULED.SO WE ENDED UP TAKING ACHARTERED FLIGHT OUT OF UKRAINE,WHICH IS JUST KIND OF WILD.I FEEL LIKE THAT ENTIRE STORYWILL BE LIKE MY PARTY TRICKLIKE, OH I HAD A POLICE ESCORTTO A CHARTERED FLIGHT OUT OF OFA CLOSED BORDER COUNTRY.I WANT A CONVERSATION STARTER.SHE REALLY IS A DELIGHT TO TALKTO YOU’LL HEAR MORE FROM HERTONIGHT AT 6:00.SHE IS IN QUARANTINE IN KANSASCITY.THIS IS HER THIRTEENTH DAYTOMORROW, SHE’LL BE ABLE TOFINALLY BE REUNITED WITH