4 p.m. COVID-19 update

4 p.m. COVID-19 update

RIGHT NOW ON KMBC9 NEWS AT 4:00THIS AFTERNOON.WE’RE GETTING A CLOSER LOOK ATFEDERAL INSPECTION REPORTS FORTO NURSING HOME FACILITIES WITHSOME OF THE BIGGEST COVIDOUTBREAKS IN OUR AREAINVESTIGATIVE REPORTER.MATT CLEANER IS UNCOVERING THESEREPORTS.HE’S LIVE AT THE BRIGHTONGARDENS OF PRAIRIE VILLAGE,MATT.BUTLER BRYAN GARDENS ARE PRAIRIEVILLAGE HAD A BIG COVID OUTBREAKA COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.IT WAS IN THE NEWS THEN NOWWE’RE SEEING WHAT FEDERALINSPECTOR SAW WHEN THEY WENTINSIDE THIS FACILITY.KMBC9 INVESTIGATES IS OBTAINEDTO FEDERAL HEALTH INSPECTIONSCLAIMING TO KANSAS NURSING HOMESPUT RESIDENTS IN IMMEDIATEJEOPARDY.INFECTION OF COVID-19 THE FIRSTBRIGHT AND GARDENS OF PRAIRIEVILLAGE JOHNSON COUNTY HEALTHOFFICIALS.SAY 100 CASES OF COVID-19 ARETIED TO THE FACILITY WITH 21DEATHS FEDERAL HEALTH INSPECTORSFOUND AN EMPLOYEE WORKED ON TWOSEPARATE DAYS IN SHOWINGPOSITIVE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OFWITH 19 THE EMPLOYEE LATERTESTED POSITIVE ALONG WITHMULTIPLE RESIDENTS IN THE UNITWHERE SHE WORKED IT’S REALLYSHOCKING AND IT’S ABSOLUTELYUNACCEPTABLE.RACHEL STALEY IS AN ATTORNEYREPRESENTING FAMILIES WITH TWOACTIVE LAWSUITS AGAINST BRIGHTONGARDENS ALONG WITH SEVEN AGAINSTRIVERBEND POST ACUTE REHAB INKCK.SHE’S ALSO SEEN THIS FEDERALINSPECTION SHOWING RIVERBENDFAILED TO CONDUCT STAFFSCREENINGS FOR SIGNS ANDSYMPTOMS OF COVID-19.THE REPORT SAYS THAT EVEN AFTERDEATHS HAD ALREADY HAPPENED.THE FACILITY ULTIMATELYRIVERBEND SO 132 CASES AND ATLEAST 36 DEATHS RIVERBEND PUTTHEIR PATIENTS IN IMMEDIATEJEOPARDY AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHATTHE STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIESSHOWS AND BRIGHT AND DID THESAME THING.HOW THE FACILITIES DID MOVE ONTOWARD EVENTUALLY CORRECTING THEDEFICIENCIES FOUND IN THOSEREPORTS.MEANWHILE THE LAWSUITS AGAINSTTHOSE TWO FACILITIES ARECONTINUING IN PRAIRIE VILLAGEMATT FLENER KMBC 9 NEWS WRIGHTGARDEN SUDDEN A STATEMENT THATSAID IN PART THE FACILITIES INCOMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL HEALTHREGULATIONS.WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROMRIVERBEND TAKING A LOOK AT THELATEST NUMBER OF CASES.STATEWIDE KANSAS SAW A A BIGJUMP FROM 966 CORONAVIRUS CASE.AS LAST FRIDAY TO MORE THAN 1500TODAY MEANTIME THE STATE OFMISSOURI?HAD 101 NEW CASES OF THE VIRUSCONFIRMED TODAY AND TO GIVE YOUA BETTER IDEA OF THE SPREAD OFTHE VIRUS OVER THE LAST SEVENDAYS RIGHT NOW 11% OF TESTS ARECOMING BACK POSITIVE IN KANSASAND MISSOURI ITS NINE POINT NINEPERCENT.THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS JUSTABOVE 6% A JACKSON COUNTY HEALTHDEPARTMENT IS OFFERING FREECOVID-19 TESTING THIS WEEK.YOU CAN GET TESTED TUESDAYTHROUGH THURSDAY FROM 10 TO 2.TOMORROW’S LOCATION IS AT THEOLD FIRE STATION IN LEE’SSUMMIT.THAT’S ROAD YOU DO NEED TOREGISTER ON THE HEALTHDEPARTMENT’S WEBSITE BEFOREGOING TO GET A TEST MASKS AREBECOMING PART OF THE DEBATE INTHE MISSOURI RACE FOR GOVERNOR.DEMOCRAT.NICOLE GALLOWAY SAYS EVERYONEACROSS THE STATE SHOULD BEWEARING ONE RIGHT NOWREPUBLICAN.MIKE PARSON HAS LEFT IT UP TOTHE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AREMICHEAL MAHONEY IS FOLLOWING THERACE.DALLOWAY AT A KANSAS CITY UNIONHALL WAS JUST A SMALL GROUP OFPEOPLE FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING ALLOF THEM WEARING A MASK SAYS HESTATEWIDE MASK REQUIREMENT ISTHE BEST APPROACH PUBLIC HEALTHEXPERTS AGREE THAT WEARING AMASK.IS ONE OF THE BEST TOOLS IN OURTOOLBOX TO MITIGATE THE SPREADOF THE DISEASE.JEEZ, MEGAN GOVERNOR MIKEPARSONS RESPONSE TO THE VIRUSHER MAIN CAMPAIGN ISSUE.HE IS NOT FOCUSING ON FOLKSNUMBER ONE ISSUE, WHICH ISFIGHTING AND CONTAINING THISVIRUS.SHE ALSO WAS MISSOURI TO ALLYWITH OTHER MIDWESTERN STATES TOINCREASE THEIR PPE PURCHASINGPOWER GALLOWAY ACCUSES THEPARSON ADMINISTRATION OF SITTINGON 1 BILLION FEDERAL CARESDOLLARS THAT COULD GO TO TESTINGAND CONTACT TRACING.MONEY IS JUST STUCK.SOME OF IT WAS SENT TO THECOUNTIES, BUT IT IS NOT BEINGDEPLOYED FOR CONTACT TRACING ANDFOR TESTING TODAY.THE GOVERNOR SAYS THE STATE ISNOW CONDUCTING 90,000 TEST AWEEK AND THE DEATH RATE HASDROPPED TO UNDER 1% MORE THAN 75THOUSAND CASES HAVE BEENREPORTED IN MISSOURI WITH 1400DEATH AND KANSAS CITY ANDJACKSON COUNTY COMBINED MORETHAN 13,000 CASES AS GALLOWAYPUSHES FOR A STATEWIDE MASKMANDATE PART OF H TO MAKE THESTATE’S HANDLING OF THE IRIS THECAMPAIGN ISSUE FOR THE FALLMICHEAL MAHONEY KMBC 9 NEWSGALLOWAY SAYS SCHOOLS THAT HAVEA POSITIVITY RATE OVER 10% FOREVERY 10,000 PEOPLE SHOULD HAVESOME IN-PERSON CLASS WORK ANDSOME ONLINE SCHOOLS WITH THE 50%POSITIVITY RATE SHOULD ALL BEONLINE AND WE HAVE BREAKING NEWSRIGHT NOW OUT OF COLUMBIA WHERETHE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SAYS,IT HAS MORE THAN A HUNDRED ANDFIFTY ACTIVE COVID-19 STUDENTCASES.THE SCHOOL SAYS THAT IS POINTFIVE PERCENT OF ITS STUDENTS.THEY WILL NOW DEPLOY CONTACTTRACERS TO TRY AND PROVIDEGUIDANCE FOR PEOPLE WHO’VE BEENIN CONTACT WITH THOSE POSITIVECASES AND AT KU AND LAWRENCECLASSES DID NOT START WITHOUTSOME CONTROVERSY THE OFFICE OFTHE CHANCELLOR IS ISSUING CEASEAND DESIST ORDERS TO TOFRATERNITIES, KAPPA SIGMA ANDPHI KAPPA PSI AS WELL AS 14 DAYSA PUBLIC HEALTH BANDS FOR THEMEMBERS KMBC 9S.KELLY.GIBBS IS LIVE TONIGHT ON CAMPUSDETAILS KELLY.WELL THOSE CEASE AND DESISTORDERS ARE COMING AFTER VIDEOBEGAN CIRCULATING ON SOCIALMEDIA APPEARING TO SHOW AGATHERING OUTSIDE OF THE KAPPASIGMA FRATERNITY NOW WITHIN THATVIDEO.IT DOES NOT APPEAR THATFRATERNITY MEMBERS ARE WEARINGMASS OR SOCIAL DISTANCING.THE VIDEO WAS REPORTEDLY SHOT ONSATURDAY ONE DAY AFTER THE KUINNER FRATERNITY COUNCILANNOUNCED A MORATORIUM ON ALLSOCIAL ACTIVITIES ATFRATERNITIES SIDING COVID-19CONCERNS NOW TODAY WE SPOKE WITHA KAPPA SIGMA SHE WAS NOW ABOARD MEMBER FOR THE FRATERNITY.HE SAYS ALL THE MEMBERS IN THEHOUSE RECEIVED NEGATIVECOVID-19.TEST RESULTS TWO DAYS PRIOR THATTHE GATHERING ON VIDEO WAS NOT APLAN SOCIAL EVENT AND ONLYINCLUDED MEMBERS OF THEFRATERNITY WHO ARE LIVINGTOGETHER AND THAT NO GUESTS AREALLOWED IN THE HOME AND ALLMEMBERS WERE ABIDING BY THEDOUGLAS COUNTY HEALTHGUIDELINES.KU WANTS TO PROTECT THE CAMPUSRIGHTFULLY SO BUT THAT DOESN’TMEAN THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TOEXTEND.REGULATIONS TO ANYBODY ANYWHERE.WE CONFORM TO THE DOUGLAS COUNTYRULES AND REGULATIONS AND THOSEREGULATIONS.EXEMPT PEOPLE WHO RESIDETOGETHER FROM WEARING FACE MASKSWHEN THEY’RE OUTSIDE OR SOCIALDISTANCING WHEN THEY’RE OUTSIDTHE MINUTE THEY GO ON CAMPUS THEKU RULES APPLY.NOW WE DID REACH OUT TO THEUNIVERSITY FOR A COMMENT ONTHOSE CLAIMS.WE HAVE NOT YET HEARD BAC