8:30 a.m. COVID-19 update

8:30 a.m. COVID-19 update

BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO.ALL RIGHT, JOHNNY.THANK YOU.WILL CLAY COUNTY, MISSOURI ISAMONG THOSE PLACES REOPENING FORBUSINESS THIS MORNING CAME.HE SAYS MARTIN AUGUSTINE IS INDOWNTOWN LIBERTY THIS MORNING TOBREAK IT DOWN MARTIN.THERE ARE STILL RESTRICTIONS INPLACE, THOUGH.YEAH NUMBER OF BOXES TO CHECKBEFORE BUSINESS OWNERS CAN OPENBUT BOY, THAT’S WHAT THEY REALLYWANT TO DO HERE ON THE SQUAREAND LIBERTY.IN FACT LOOK BACK HERE AT HUEY’SON THE SQUARE.NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE THE NYANOPEN SIGN ON THEY POSTED IN THEWINDOW OPEN FOR DINE IN MANRESTAURANTS.HAVEN’T DONE THAT IN A LONGTIME.BUT THIS IS A SOFT REOPENING OFSORTS BECAUSE SOCIAL DISTANCINGIS STILL THE RULE HERE EVEN WITHTHE ECONOMY REOPENING REOPENING.EXCUSE ME, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN ITCOMES RESTAURANT DINING ROOMSTHOSE LISA IS NEED TO HAVE THESEATING SPREAD OUT TO MAINTAINSPACE RETAIL STORES IF THEY’RE10,000 SQUARE FEET.OR LESS THEY NEED TO OPERATE AT25% OF AUTHORIZED OCCUPANCY.STORIES OF MORE THAN 10,000SQUARE FEET THAT OCCUPANCYFIGURED DROPS TO 10% IT’S A IT’SA FORMULA IN WHICH YOU’RE JUSTTRYING TO MANAGE THE NUMBER OFPEOPLE THAT ARE IN THOSE STORESAND WHILE JIM’S MAY REOPEN UNDERTHE STATEWIDE ORDER ITSPECIFICALLY HERE IN THE CITY OFLIBERTY THE LIBERTY COMMUNITYCENTER, WHICH IS A GYM AND POOLAND THEATER THAT’S GOING TOREMAIN CLOSED FOR NOW.THE CITY PLAYGROUNDS WILL REMAINCLOSED BUT THE CITY PARKS AREOPEN, BUT IF YOU’RE ON THETENNIS COURT OR THE DOG PARKDOESN’T MATTER YOU NEED TOMAINTAIN YOUR SOCIAL DISTANCEFROM ONE ANOTHER AND MUCH OTHIS COULD CHANGE BECAUSE LOCALGOVERNMENTS ARE EMPOWERED TO PUTSTRICTER GUIDELINES INTO PLACE.NOW.THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION INSOME CASES WHAT IS IN EFFECTHERE IS NOT IN EFFECT OVERTHERE.SO UP ON MY KMBC 9 NEWS FACEBOOKPAGE NOW.I HAVE LINKS THAT DESCRIBE THEREOPENING OF THE ECONOMY ON THESTATEWIDE LEVEL.AT CLAY COUNTY AND WHAT THEY’REHERE IN LIBERTY?REPORTING LIVE IN LIBERTY MARTINAUGUSTINE KMBC 9 NEWS MARTIN.THANKS SO MUCH MORE IN KANSASCITY, MISSOURI, A FEW BUSINESSESWILL BE ALLOWED TO OPEN THISWEDNESDAY LIKE SALONS ANDBARBERSHOPS ARE THE BUSINESSESWON’T BE ALLOWED TO REOPEN FOR ALITTLE WHILE LONGER ON MAY 15.THE CITY’S 10-10-10 PLAN WILLTAKE EFFECT ONLY 10% OF THEBUILDING HAS CAPACITY OR TENPEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED INSIDE.WHICHEVER IS GREATER.ANYONE STAYING LONGER THAN 10MINUTES.WE’LL HAVE TO SIGN IN AND LEAVECONTACT INFORMATION THIS MORNINGON KMB LUCAS JOINED US.WE ASK TOM ABOUT HIS SINCE TOOANXIOUS KANSAS CITY RESIDENTSWATCHING THEIR NEIGHBORS REOPENTHIS MORNING.YOU KNOW, I THINK THE THING THATWE ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE IT CLEARTO PEOPLE IS THIS FUNDAMENTALRULE, WHICH IS THAT WE’RE ALLTRYING TO PROTECT YOUR SAFETYAND NO ONE NEEDS TO ACTUALLY GOOUT ANY SOONER THAN THEY FEELCOMFORTABLE WITH, YOU KNOW, I’VETALKED TO A LOT OF BUSINESSES.I TALKED TO A RESTAURANT ONSATURDAY NIGHT IN KANSAS CITY,AND THEY SAID WE’RE NOT EVENOPENING ON THE 15TH WHEN THEYWERE ALLOWED TO IN THIS CITY,YOU KNOW THE WAY WE BALANCERULES IS FIRST OF ALL TO KNOWTHAT IT WILL BE A PROBABLY ASHORT TIME FRAME THAT WE’RESEEING THIS DIFFERENCE BETWEENJURISDICTIONS, B BIGGER PARTIS I THINK PEOPLE KNOW NO MATTERWHERE THEY ARE EVERY LEADER ISTRYING TO MAKE THAT CHOICE THATALLOWS THEIR COMMUNITY TO STAYSAFE JACKSON COUNTY WILL REOPENA WEEK FROM TODAY ON MAY 11TH,AND I’LL RELEASE DETAILS THISWEEK WHAT KANSAS COUNTIES THATHAVE NOT EXTENDED STAY AT HOMEWATERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO LIFTRESTRICTIONS.TODAY IS THE STATE MOVES INTOTHE FIRST PHASE OF ITS RECOVERYPLAN GAMES HIS DAUGHTER PITMANLIVE FROM HOME THIS MORNING TOBREAK DOWN WHAT’S ALLOWED TOOPEN AND WHICH COUNTIES STAYINGSHUT DOWN HEDONIC.GOOD MORNING.AGAIN, ROB TO YOU.YES A LOT TO BREAK DOWN AND JUSTJUST IN THE STATE OF KANSAS ASIS THE CASE IN MISSOURI WHEREMARTIN’S REPORTING FROM BOTH.SO KANSAS IS STAY-AT-HOME ORDERAS YOU LIKELY KNOW THAT WASLIFTED LAST NIGHT AT EXPIRED AT11:59.HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT APPLY TOALL PARTS OF KANSAS BUSINESSCERTAINLY IS NOT BUSINESS ASUSUAL AS WE START THIS REOPENINGPROCESS SOME COUNTIES.THEY ARE ALLOWED TO TAKE SOMESMALL STEPS TO GET THE ECONOMYROLLING TODAY FOR STARTERS.RESTAURANTS CAN OPEN IF TABLESARE SEPARATED BY 6 FEET CHURCHESCAN ALSO REOPEN BUT ONLY IFMEMBERS PRACTICE SOCIALDISTANCING NOW BARS THEATERSMUSEUMS, THEY WILL STAY CLOSEDNOW AS FOR SOCIAL GATHERINGSGET-TOGETHERS THE STATEWIDE BANON GROUPS LARGER THAN 10 PEOPLETHAT REMAINS TO AREA COUNTIESWILL NOT BE REOPENING TODAY.WE’RE TALKING ABOUT JOHNSON ANDWYANDOTTE COUNTIES.THEY’RE BOTH UNDERSTAND HOMEORDERS UNTIL A WEEK FROM TODAYTHAT IS MADE THE 11TH AND THEYBOTH HAVE A PLAN WHEN IT COMESTO REOPENING ON THAT DAY MAY11TH.JOHNSON COUNTY WILL BEPARTICIPATING IN THE STATE’SRECOVERY PLAN AS FOR WYANDOTTECOUNTY.THEY’RE HOPING THEY’LL THE INTERPHASE ONE OF THEIR PLAN IN BOTHCOUNTIES WYANDOTTE AND ANDJOHNSON COUNTY THEY ARE LOOKINGAT THE DATA VERY CLOSELY VERYCAREFULLY TO SEE HOW THINGS GOWITH COVID-19 BEFORE DECIDINGWHAT THE WILL BE.REPORTING LIVE FROM HOME BACK TOYOU ROBIN.YEAH.THANKS SO MUCH TANDY.I REALLY LIKE GOING ON EVERYONEJUST DOING THE BEST THEY CAN INTHESE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES.THANKS SO MUCH.WELL, HE BOUGHT HEALTHOFFICIALS.THEY HAVE THESE RECOMMENDATIONSAS THE FIRST PHASE OF REOPENINGBEGINS WITH DONNA’S DISCUSSING.MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW YOUR COUNTYOR YOUR CITIES RESTRICTIONS.STAY AT HOME IF YOU’RE SICK ORMASS IN PUBLIC SETTINGS KEEP SIXFEET OR MORE AWAY FROM OTHERPEOPLE AND CONTINUE TO WASH YOURHANDS FREQUENTLY.WELL REPRESENTATIVE F TRIUMPHFOOD SAYS 373 EMPLOYEES INCONTRACTORS.WORKERS HAVE NOW TESTED POSITIVEFOR COVID-19 AT THE COMPANY’SPLANT IN ST.JOSEPH, MISSOURI.NONE OF THOSE WORKERS HAVE SHOWNANY RELATED SYMPTOMS.WELL, WE’RE TOLD THAT THEMISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHAND SENIOR SERVICES IS WORKINGWITH THE COMPANY TRACKING PEOPLEWHO ARE IN CLOSE CONTACT WITHTHOSE EMPLOYEES AND WHILE SOMEPEOPLE DON’T SHOW SYMPTOMS OFCORONAVIRUS MANY DO HERE’S WHATYOU NEED TO LOOK FOR THINGS LIKEFEVER COUGH SHORTNESS OF BREATHCHILLS REPEATED SHAKING WITHCHILLS MUSCLE PAIN HEADACHE SORETHROAT AND NEW LOSS OF TASTE ORSMELL IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THOSESYMPTOMS MAKES YOU ISOLATEYOURSELF AND CALL YOUR DOCTORFOR INSTRUCTIONS.REMEMBER MOST PEOPLE RECOVERFROM COVID-19 AT HOME.PEOPLE IN JACKSON COUNTY ANDKANSAS CITY, MISSOURI CAN GETTESTED FOR CORONAVIRUS THIS WEEKTRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER HAS MOBILETESTING SET UP AT A DIFFERENTLOCATION EACH DAY TODAY.IT’S AT METRO CHRISTIANFELLOWSHIP CHURCH IN GRANDVIEW.YOU NEED TO CALL AHEAD AND TALKWITH THE NURSE TO GET TESTED.THAT NUMBER TO CALL IS EIGHT ONESIX FOUR.OH FOUR CARE.ALSO IF YOU LIVE IN PLATTECOUNTY YOU CAN GET TESTED EVENIF YOU DON’T HAVE SYMPTOMS ORBEFORE YOUR TEST IT YOU NEED TOUSE THE ONLINE SELF REPORTINGTOOL.IT