4 p.m. COVID-19 update

4 p.m. COVID-19 update

A CHANGE.HOW LONG THAT LASTS COMING UP.KELLY: HERE ARE THE LATESTCORONAVIRUS NUMBERS OUT OF OURAREA.MISSOURI IS REPORTING 283 NEWCASES SINCE WEDNESDAY.KANSAS IS ONLY PROVIDING UPDATESON MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS ANDFRIDAYS.IN MISSOURI, 4.3% OF TESTS ARECOMING BACK POSITIVE.IN KANSAS, 4.7% OF TESTS ARECOMING BACK POSITIVE.THE RATES ARE GOING UP IN BOSTATES OVER THE PAST WEEK, BUTTHEY’RE STILL BELOW 10%.THAT POINTS TO ADEQUATE TESTINGLEVELS, ACCORDING TO THE WORLDHEALTH ORGANIZATION.CORONAVIRUS CASES ARE SPIKINGNATIONWIDE AND EXPERTS SAYFLORIDA COULD BE THE NEXTEPICENTER IN THE PANDEMIC.FLORIDA WAS ONE OF 10 STATESTHAT SAW A RECORD NUMBER OF NEWCOVID-19 CASES THIS WEEK.ACCORDING TO ONE RESEARCH MODEL,FLORIDA HAS "ALL THE MARKINGS OFTHE NEXT LARGE EPICENTER OFCORONAVIRUS TRANSMISSION" ANDRISKS BEING THE "WORST IT HASEVER BEEN."21 STATES ARE SEEING AN UPWARDTREND IN NEW CORONAVIRUS CASESWHEN STUDENTS RETURN TO KANSASAND MISSOURI’S LARGESTUNIVERSITIES THIS FALL, THEY’LLBE EXPECTED TO WEAR KU AND MUARE MAKING A FACE COVERINGMANDATORY.THE POLICY WILL LIKELY BE INEFFECT FOR THE NEXT ACADEMICYEAR.AT KU, THE REQUIREMENT APPLIESTO ALL FACULTY, STAFF, STUDENTS,AND VISITORS WHILE IN COMMONAREAS OF A BUILDING AND WITHINSIX FEET OF ANY PERSON ANYWHEREON CAMPUS.ANY STUDENT WHO VIOLATES THEPOLICY WILL BE REPORTED TOSTUDENT AFFAIRS.AT MIZZOU, THE UNIVERSITY SAYSIT WILL PROVIDE FACE SHIELDS FORINSTRUCTORS TO WEAR SO THAT DEAFAND HARD OF HEARING STUDENTS CANREAD THEIR LIPS.IT HAS NOT BEEN DECIDED YETWHETHER OR NOT OTHER UNIVERSITYOF MISSOURI OTHER CAMPUSES WILLPUT THE SAME FACE MASKREQUIREMENT IN PLACE.A DRUG THAT’S SHOWN POSITIVERESULTS IN TREATING ADULCORONAVIRUS PATIENTS IS NOWBEING TESTED ON CHILDREN.RESEARCHERS SAY THEY’RE STARTINGADVANCED TRIALS OF REMDESIVIR IN50 PEDIATRIC PATIENTS.THEY WILL INVOLVE CHILDREN WITHMODERATE TO SEVERE CASES OFCOVID-19.THE GOAL IS TO DETERMINE WHETHERTHE DRUG IS SAFE AND HOW WELL ITCOULD WORK.REMDESIVIR IS THE ONLY DRUG THATRECEIVED EMERGENCY APPROVAL INTHE U.S. FOR TREATINGCORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS.EARLIER STUDIES SHOWED IT CANSPEED UP THE RECOVERY OF SOMEADULT PATIENTS.1.5 MILLION PEOPLE APPLIED FORUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS LAST WEEK.THAT’S A HISTORICALLY HIGHNUMBER EVEN AS THE ECONOMYREOPENS AND EMPLOYERS BRINGPEOPLE BACK TO WORK.IN KANSAS, MORE THAN 8000 PEOPLEFILED CLAIMS LAST WEEK.THAT’S DOWN FROM THE PEAK OF54,000 AT THE END OF MARCH.IN MISSOURI, THE NUMBER WAS MORETHAN 17,000, DOWN FROM THE PEAKOF 104,000 IN MARCH.ANOTHER CONCERN WITH THEPANDEMIC IS SCAMMERS FILING FORUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS USING YOURPERSONAL INFORMATION.IT JUST HAPPENED TO A LAWRENCEWOMAN.OUR KRIS KETZ HAS TALKED TO HERAND A CYBER SECURITY EXPERT ONWHY THIS IS HAPPENING.KRIS.KRIS: THAT CYBER SECURITY EXPERTJUST TOLD US THAT IS LIKELY NOTFAULT.ERIN WHITE OF LAWRENCE GOT ALETTER FROM THE STATE OF KANSASSAYING WE JUST GOT YOURAPPLICATION FOR UNEMPLOYMENTBENEFITS.PROBLEM IS SHE DIDN’T LOSE HERJOB AND SHE NEVER FILED FOR THISHELP.