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8:30 covid block

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8:30 covid block
8:30 covid block
8:30 covid block

STUDIO.OKAY.THANKS JUST ABOUT IT.FOR AND IN MUCH OF THE METROSTATE HOME ORDERS ARE SET TOEXPIRE APRIL 24TH, BUT WHATHAPPENS AFTER THAT?WELL, WE ASKED KANSAS CITY,MAYOR QUINTON LUCAS YOU KNOW FORUS IN KANSAS CITY ASDISTINGUISHED PERHAPS FROM WHATHAPPENED STATEWIDE AND MISSOURAND THEN CERTAINLY WOULD HAPPENSTATEWIDE IN KANSAS.WE LET PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDE WHATWE’RE DOING AND SO OUR ORDER ISSET TO EXPIRE SOMEWHAT SOON.WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TALKTO OUR PUBLIC HEALTHPROFESSIONALS.I WOULD THINK RIGHT NOW WE MAYNEED A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIMETO MAKE SURE THAT WE’RECONTINUING OUR MITIGATION STEPSTO FLATTEN THE CURVE, BUT WEWILL NOT RESCIND OR WITHDRAW ORWITH DO PRODUCE THE ORDER UNTILSUCH VERY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH ANDTHAT CLOUDS AN ORDER THATAPPLIES TO EVERYTHING FROM ACHURCH SERVICE TO HIS SCHOOL ALLARE TREATED THE SAME BECAUSE WEWANT EVERYONE PARISHIONERSCHILDREN EVERYONE TO BE SAFE ANDHEALTHY.STATE WIDE, MISSOURI HAS MORETHAN 3,500 POSITIVE CASES.THE LATEST LOCAL CASES COME FROMTHE MEADOWVIEW HEALTH ANDREHABILITATION CENTER ANDHARRISONVILLE ONE RESIDENT ANDONE EMPLOYEE HAVE TESTEDPOSITIVE THE STATE REPORTED 212NEW CASES JUST YESTERDAY ON THEKANSAS SIDE.THERE ARE MORE THAN 1,100POSITIVE CASES.WYANDOTTE COUNTY HAS NOWSURPASSED JOHNSON COUNTY KANSASWITH THE AREA’S MOST CASES ONTHE KANSAS SIDE AND NEW FROMCENTRAL KANSAS IN RENO COUNTY.WE’VE LEARNED THAT AN INFANT HASPOSITIVE FOR COVID-19 THEHOSPITAL THERE SAYS THAT THEBABY HAS NO UNDERLYING HEALTHCONDITIONS AND HAD NOT BEENTAKEN ON ANY TRIPS HEALTHDEPARTMENT IS WORKING WITH THEINFANT’S FAMILY WORKING TO WATCHTHEM FOR ANY FEVERS ORRESPIRATORY ISSUES AND THISMORNING JOHNSON COUNTY KANSASBEGINS CASTING A FAR WIDER NETTESTING PEOPLE FOR COVID-19 GAVEME SIGHS MARTIN AUGUSTINE JOINSUS LIVE NOW MARTIN.CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT WHO’SBEING TESTED?ROBERTS A RANDOMLY SELECTEDGROUP OF PEOPLE INVITED BY THEJOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS HEALTHDEPARTMENT TO BE TESTED FOR THEVIRUS NOW STARTING AT 9:00.SO JUST LESS THAN A HALF HOURFROM NOW A DRIVE THROUGH TESTINGSITE IS SET TO OPEN UP AT THECOLLEGE BOULEVARD ACTIVITYCENTER IN OLATHE.THAT’S JUST WEST OF OLATHENORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTLYNORTH OF MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY.THE COUNTY WILL ALSO TEST PEOPLELIVING IN 40 LONG-TERM CAREFACILITIES AS WELL ALL IN ALLHUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WILL TESTED,BUT WE MUST POINT OUT THAT EACHONE OF THOSE PEOPLE RECEIVE ANEMAIL INVITING THEM TO BE TESTEDNOW.THIS IS NOT A FIRST COME FIRSTSERVE SORT OF SITUATION OF THEIDEA HERE IS TO GET ASTATISTICALLY BROAD PICTURE OFHOW FAR COVID IS SPREAD ACROSSTHE COUNTY WHERE IT’S SPREADINGFASTEST AND PERHAPS DRAWING ABEAD ON WHAT’S WORKING TO BEATIT AND LAST WEEK THE JOHNSONCOUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSALLOCATED $400,000 FOR THISTESTING PROGRAM, BUT IT IS ACOST THAT MAY BE REIMBURSED BYFEMA REPORTING LIVE MARTINAUGUSTINE KMBC 9 NEWS MARTIN.THANK YOU SO MUCH.WELL THE BATTLE OVER RELIGIOUSRESTRICTIONS CONTINUES THISMORNING IN KANSAS GOVERNOR.LAURA KELLY NOW SAYS SHE PLANSTO SUE THE STATE LAWMAKERS WHOWERE REVOKED HER ORDER.WE SENT A WHIRLWIND OFDEVELOPMENTS THIS WEEK FIRSTGOVERNR.KELLY ISSUED AN ORDER BANNINGALL RELIGIOUS GATHERINGS OF 10.PEOPLE ARE MORE SHORTLY AFTERSTATE LAWMAKERS.SHUT IT DOWN WORRIED THE ORDERTRAMPLED ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION.WELL, KELLY SAYS THAT DECISIONJEOPARDIZE THE HEALTH AND SAFETYOF KANSANS ADDING.THIS IS NOT A NORMAL POLITICALDISAGREEMENT.CHURCHES AND SYNAGOGUES HAVEALREADY SUSPENDED SERVICES THISWEEK AND MISSOURI’S KIDS WILLNOT GO BACK TO CLASS FOR THEREST OF THE YEAR AT LEAST NOT INPERSON KEVIN A PERSON IN JUSTMADE THE DECISION AND THISMORNING OUT OF PITMAN ISCOVERING THIS STORY FROM HOMEAND DONNA ONLINE LEARNING WILLSTILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE STATE,CORRECT?YES, IT WILL AND IN OUR HOUSE ITIS THE KITCHEN CLASSROOM THATWILL STAY UP AND RUNNING.THIS WAS A DECISION OBVIOUSLYHARD TO MAKE BUT BECOMING MOREAND MORE OBVIOUS TO THE GOVERNORAS THINGS WITH COVID-19 HAVEJUST GOTTEN TO THE PLACE WHERETHEY ARE RIGHT NOW.SO AS YOU SAID ALL THECURRICULUMS THAT THE DISTRICTSHAVE WORKED SO HARD TO PUTTOGETHER FOR ONLINE REMOTELEARNING.THOSE ARE ALL STILL UP ANDRUNNING THE GOVERNOR JUST SAYS,IT’S TOO DANGEROUS TO ACTUALLYGO BACK.CLASSROOM RIGHT NOW GOVERNORPARSON DID ADD TWO EXEMPTIONSNUTRITION.SO THAT MEANS THE PROGRAMS THATARE PREPARING AND PROVIDINGTHOSE SCHOOL LUNCHES.THOSE ARE STILL GOING TOCONTINUE ALSO CHILD CARESERVICES IF YOUR CHILDREN GO TOAN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM RIGHTNOW THAT IS STILL UP AND RUNNINGTHAT WILL CONTINUE TO RUN ASWELL NOW AT THE NEWS CONFERENCEYESTERDAY.THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT HE CAMETO THIS DECISION BY WORKING WITHTHE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OFEDUCATION AND SEVERALSUPERINTENDENTS ACROSS THESTATE.HE ALSO MADE A SPECIAL POINT TORECOGNIZE SENIORS ROBBIE TOLDEVERYONE HIS GRANDDAUGHTER AS AGRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR INTHE STATE OF MISSOURI ONE OF SOMANY SO DISAPPOINTED THAT THEALL THEIR WORK OVER 12 YEARSWON’T CULMINATE AT LEAST NOT INMAY WITH A WALK ACROSS THESTAGE.HE SAYS HE WANTS THAT TO HAPPENTHOUGH FOR THOSE KIDS.SO HE’S WORKING WITHSUPERINTENDENTS AT DISTRICTSTHROUGHOUT THE SHOW ME STATE TOFIND DATES WHERE THEY CAN WEARTHEIR CAPS THEIR GOWNS WALKACROSS THAT STAGE GET THOSEDIPLOMAS JUST MAY HAVE TO BEDELAYED LIVE HOME BACK TO YOUDAN.THANKS SO MUCH.YEAH, THE DAY WILL COME.YEAH, LIKE YOU SAID IT’S IT’SJUST GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT FORNOW.BUT THIS MORNING THOUGH, WE ARELOOKING INTO WHAT THIS MOVEMEANS FOR OTHER FAMILIES STILLGETTING INTO ONLINE LEARNINGPLANS.BUT I MISS MY TEACHER SHE’S THEBEST TEACHER SO FAR MY HOTELSCHOOL.WELL, THE OVERMYER FAMILY LIVESIN BLUE SPRINGS ME TALK TO MOM.TIFFANY SAYS THAT THE BIGGESTCHANGE HAS BEEN TRYING TO FINDTHAT SCHOOL LIFE BALANCE.WELL, SHE SAYS NOW THAT HERFAMILY KNOWS THAT THE PLAN ISSTICKING AROUND UNTIL SUMMER.THEY’RE SETTLING INTO A ROUTINE.I DO FEEL LIKE YOU ARE GOING TOHAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT DODECIDE.HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT THIS WORKSFOR US.WE’VE SLOWED DOWN AND IT REALLYIS A LOT OF MORE FAMILY TIME.IT’S GREAT.THAT’S GOOD WAY TO LOOK AT IT,KANSAS GOVERNOR LAURA.KELLY CALLED OFF THE SCHOOL YEARIN HER STATE A FEW WEEKS BACKSTUDENTS.THERE WILL ALSO CONTINUE WITHONLINE LEARNING AND MORE HELPCOULD BE ON THE WAY FOR THEMILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO HAVELOST THEIR JOBS DUE TO THEOUTBREAK ABC ZIONIST DE LACULTURA IS IN WASHINGTON WITHTHE LATEST.THIS MORNING SEEMS LIKE THESEVERTICALLY IT IS A POINT THAT ITIS SO NEEDED THAT THIS MANYPEOPLE DID SHOW UP BECOMING THENEW NORMAL FOR TOWNS AND CITIESACROSS THE COUNTRY.I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS FROMCALIFORNIA.IT REALLY HELPS A LOT TO TEXAS.I AM SO THANKFUL TO NEW YORK.I’M WORRIED ABOUT FOOD PUTTINGFOOD IN MY MOUTH SO MANYAMERICANS STRUGGLING TO BUY FOODAND PAY BILLS IS APPLICATIONSFOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS JUMPBY ANOTHER SIX POINT SIX MILLIONBRINGING THE THREE-WEEK TOTAL TONEARLY 17 MILLION.THAT’S ABOUT 11 PERCENT OF THEU.S.WORKFORCE.DO WE NEED MORE FUNDING AND WENEED IT FAST PRESIDET TRUMP NOWREQUESTING ANOTHER 250 BILLIONDOLLARS TO HELP SMALLBUSINESSES, BUT DEMOCRATSBLOCKING THAT MEASURE THEY’REINSISTING ON A THERE ARE 250BILLION FOR HOSPITALS ANDSTATES.THIS WAS IN FACT DESIGNED TOFAIL DESIGNED AS A POLITICALSTUNT.MEANWHILE NEW TROUBLE WITH THEFIRST RELIEF PLAN AS AMERICANSFACED DELAYS GETTING THEIR EXTRA$600 PER WEEK IN UNEMPLOYMENTBENEFITS HOW LONG IT TAKES WILLVARY BY STATES SOME SYSTEMS.SOME STATES SYSTEMS WILL TAKELONGER MANY STATE WEBSITESCRASHING BECAUSE OFOVERWHELMING.AND OVERNIGHT PRESIDENT TRUMPPROMISING MORE HELP FOR FARMERSSAYING THE GOVERNMENT WILL USEALL THE FUNDS AND AUTHORITIES ATITS DISPOSAL TO MAKE SURE OURFOOD SUPPLY IS STABLE ANDCOLLEGE STUDENTS WILL ALSO BEGETTING SOME HELP.THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ISRELEASING SIX BILLION DOLLARS INEMERGENCY GRANTS IT TO HELPSTUDENTS WITH THEIR DEBT.AND LATER THIS MORNING.WE WILL GET AN UPDATE FROM THEKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ANDHOW THE STATE’S HANDLING ISSUESTHAT FIRED AND LAID OFF WORKERSOR HAVING FILING.UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS WE’VE SEENA MASSIVE SURGE IN UNEMPLOYMENTBECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS MORETHAN A HUNDRED AND FORTYTHOUSAND PEOPLE IN KANSAS ANDMISSOURI FILED FIRST TIMEUNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS LAST WEEKRIGHT NOW THOSE NUMBERS SEEM TOBE FALLING BUT THEY’RE STILLHIGH MORE THAN 91,000 PEOPLEFILED NEW CLAIMS IN MISSOURI ANDKANSAS MORE THAN 50,000 PEOPLEFILED HERE THE WEBSITES FORJOBLESS BENEFITS IN KANSAS ANDMISSOURI, YOU WILL NEED YOURSOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND THEAMOUNT THAT YOU WERE PAID IN THEPAST WEEK AND T

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