FOR SOME TIME. ANOUNCED ON MARCH 21ST...INPLACE MAYORUCAS SAYS HE’S PROUD THE GOVERNOR CHANGED HIS M <I THINK IT WILL ALLOW R MOR CONSISTENCYTHOUGH. WE HAVE HEARD SINCTHE ISSUANCE OF THESE ORDERS, SOME BUSINSES SAYING; I AMIVING BY DIFFERENT RULES IN LAFAYETTE COTY, VERS KANSAS CITY, VERSUS WYANTE CNTY. WHAT THIS LOOKS LILKENOW I CONSISTENCY, AT LST THRU OUT MISSOURI, AND KANS. AND I THINK THAT’S GOOD, LGELY FOR THE PUBLIC KNOWING HOIMPORTANT I > T PARSON ADMINSTRATION REALLY TRIED TO KEEP THIS A SECRET UNT AGO. THERE WAS TS OF CHATTER SINCE WEDNESDAY THIS WAS COMING. BT TODAY--WHEN IWENT TO CONFI IT...MANY SOLID SOURCES WE NOT TALKING---A STRONG SIGN SOMETHING W COMING. MICHEAL - WT DOES THIS CHANGE FOR THE KANSAS CITY AREA? I ASKED THE MAYOTHAT QUESTION, TOO. HE SAYS, NOMUCH. IT’S JUST STATEWE CONSISTENCY FOR THSTAY AT HOME ODER---SAVE FOR THE ESSENTIAL STAY AT HOME ORDER---SAVEOR TE ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES LIS DISNCING, WAS SET TO EXPIR ON MONDAY. KELL THE MISSOURI NATIONAL GUARD IRE’ ATERNATE MEDICAL CARE SITEN THE METRO. EARLIER THIS WEEK GOVERNORIKE PARN SAID THE HY- VEE ARENA- A THE EVENTS CENTER IN INDEPEENCE - COULD BE POSSIBLE HOMES MAKE-SHIFT HOSPITALS. THE GUARD IS NOW SAYING THE ADAM ARE ON AT LIST AS WELL THE GUARSAYS THE TENTATIVE DESIGN OF THE CARE FACILITIES WILL PRODE THE MEDIL COMMUNITY WITH ADDITIONAL OPTIONS FOR EATMENT. THIS IS ON A TEMPORARY BAS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEM. BREAKING NEWS THIS AFTEOON - THE CDC ISOW RECOMMENDING AMERICANS COVERHEIR FACES WHEN LAVING HOME. PESIDENT TRUMP SAYING IN HIS DAILY BRIEFING TOY - THE RECOMMENDATION IS OPTIONAL . THE MASKS COULD BE DE OF CLOTH.MEDICAL MASKS SULD STILL B RESERVED FOR HEALTH-CARE WORKERS. CORONA VIRCASES CONTINUE TO RISE. MISSOURI HAS NOWEACHED THE 21- HUNDR MARK YOU CAN SEE THAT’S A HUGE JUMPFR WEEK. THE STATE HAS SEEN 19 DEATHS HERE S THE TREND IN KANSAS - WERE THERE HAVE BEEN 620 CASES- AN 17 DEATHS. KANSAS CITY IS ON THE FRONT LINES TRYING TO FIND A VACCINE FOR COVID-19. SOME OF THE FIR LOCAL PATIENTS ARE BEING SCREENED R A CLINICAL TRIAL AT A PHMACEUTICAL RESEARCH FIRM HE. TONIGHT -WE TATO THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR LDING THIS TRIAL. THE CENTER FOPHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCHN KANSAS CITY-- IS AMONG THE FIRST SITES TESTG A VACCINE FOR COVID-19. - THE FDA IS FAST- TRACKG THE PROCESS -- AND LOCAL VNTEERS ARE ALREADY STEPPING UP BE PART OF TE STUD THE PRINCIPALNVESTIGATOR SAYS TIS CHALLENGE IS LIKE NO OTHER - DR JOHN IRV FACETIME-- 505 - IVE DONE 800 CLINAL TRIALS IM THE LAST 34 YRS AND 100 VACCINE TRIAL S. THIS IS BY FAR THE MOS IMPORTANT TRIAL WE’VE DONE- EVER WH WHAT’S GNG ON IN THE WORLD RIGHT N. 519 - THISHASE ONE STUDY IS LOOKG FOR 30EALTHY ADULTS. FOUR JU CAME IN FOR SCREENING . INCLUDING MIKE OSE FRIEND RCENTLY DIED AFTER SUFFERING FLUK SYMPTOMS. POSSIBLY COD-19. HE S HE DOESN’T WANT TO BE HERO. JUST WANTS ANRS. - MIKE- FAIME 1834- HE PASSED AWAY 18- ANYTHING CAN DO TO HELP DOY SMALL PART I DONT EVEN LIKE USING THE TERM HERO I’M JU SOMEBODY WHO WAS TO HELP OT. 1848 -- RESEARCHERS WILL BEONITORING >> RESEARCHERS REALLY MONITORING LEVEL THROUGHOUT THE TRIAL. MANY BELIEVE VACCINE COULD BE AVAILABLE IN 18 MONTHS. THE DOCTOR IS HOPING FOR SOMETHING SOONER. WE HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE WHAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH NOW. WE DON’T WANT TO GO THROUGH IT AGAIN. >> THIS TRIAL IS FOR HEALTHY ADULT. IF THOSE VOLUNTEERS ARE SCREENED FOR THE STUDY, THEY WILL RECEIVE THE VACCINE NEXT WEEK. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TAKING PART, HAVE INFORMATION ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE. YOU WILL BE REIMBURSED FOR TIME AND TRAVEL. THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED BOTH OR ALL COURSES AND WHO HAVE BEEN MATCHED WITH A HOSPITAL FOR RESIDENCY WILL BE ALLOWED TO GRADUATE EARLY. AFTER GRADUATION, THOUGH STUDENTS WILL BE SENT TO HOSPITALS TO HELP WITH THE COVID-19 SURGERY. OFFICIALS SAY HELP IS ESPECIALLY NEEDED IN RURAL HOSPITALS ALREADY DEALING WITH A SHORTAGE OF HEALTHCARE WORKER ST LUKE’S HEALTH SYSTEM IS NOW ABLE TO PROCESS COVID-19 TESTS IN-HOUSE, ALLOWING FOR A QUICKER TURNAROUND ON RESULTS FOR PATIENTS AND EMPLOYEES. UNTIL NOW THEY’VE BEEN WAITING A COUPLE DAYS TO GET RESULTS. THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM SAYS IT’S CURRENTLY CARING FOR 25 HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WHO’VE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. CHILDRENS’ MERCY HOSPITAL IS CHANGING THE HOURS OF OPERATION AT THEIR URGENT CARE CENTERS. AS OF TODAY THE HOURS ARE NOON TO 6:00 P.M. 7 DAYS A WEEK. ALL PATIENTS COMING IN SHOULD CHECK-IN ONLINE BEFOREHAND T RESERVE THEIR SPOT THAT REDUCES OR ELIMINATES THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY NEED TO BE IN THE WAITING ROOM. A SCAM ALERT TONIGHT FROM THE KANSAS NATIONAL GUARD. THE GUARD SAYS THIS LETTER IS CIRCULATING ON SOCIAL MEDIA CLAIMING THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WILL MOBILIZE THE NATIONAL GUARD TO ENFORCE A NATIONAL QUARANTIN THE GUARD SAYS THIS IS FALSE. GOVERNOR MIKE PARSON JUST ISSUED THE STAY AT HOME ORDER. BUT UNTIL TONIGHT, SEVERAL RURAL COUNTIES HAD NOT ISSUED THOSE ORDERS. IN DEKALB COUNTY, MISSOURI, NORTH OF KANSAS CITY, BUSINESSES ARE CLOSED, BUT THE COUNTY COMMISSION WAITED TO REQUIRE PEOPLE TO STAY HOME. HERE’S THE PRESIDING COMMISSIONER’S REASONING, BEFORE HE KNEW THE STATEWIDE ORDER WENT INTO EFFECT. >> WE GOT PEOPLE WHO ARE STARTING TO WORK IN FIELDS, AND THE WHOLE FARMING SEASON IS STARTING, AND THEN YOU GET INTO WHAT’S ESSENTIAL, AND WHAT ISN’T. AND THEN DO YOU WANT SOME GOVERNMENT FIGURE TO DECIDE DO YOU GET TO COME OUT OF YOUR HOUSE, BUT YOU DON’T GET TO COME OUT OF YOUR HOUSE. IT’S A TOUGH DEAL. KELLY: THE TRI-COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN ENCOURAGING DEKALB COUNTY AND THE STATE TO ENACT AN ORDER. TODAY, THOUSANDS OF SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS THE COUNTR APPLIED FOR LOANS THROUGH TH PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM. THAT’S PART OF THE CARES ACT PASSED BY CONGRESS LAST WEEK. KMBC 9‘S BIANCA BELTRAN SPOKE TO A LOCAL NON-PROFIT HELPING CLIENTS WITH COVID-19 ABOUT HOW THE LOAN PROGRAM WOULD HELP THEM KEEP GOING. BIANCA: SOCIAL DISTANCING CAN BE TOUGH FOR SOME CLIENTS OF THE CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED >> THEY DEPEND ON THE STAFF COOK THEIR MEALS FOR THEM, SOME OF THEM NEED ASSISTANCE WI HYGIENE, SHOWERING, THEY DEPEND ON STAFF TO PASS THEIR MEDICATIONS AND THINGS, SO THE STAFF IS THERE IN ORDER TO HELP SUPPORT THEM IN ALL THOSE AREAS THAT THEY CAN’T DO FOR THEMSELVES. BIANCA: CONNIE WORKS AT THE KINBROOK SITE, WHICH HOUSES 15 PEOPLE WITH 20 STAFF MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THEM. SHE SAYS THEY’VE HAD TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH SHIFTS TO LIMIT POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO COVID-19. >> I HAVE STAFF THAT ARE WORKI FOUR 12-HOUR SHIFTS AND THEN ONE 8-HOUR SHIFT. I HAVE ONE STAFF THAT HAS MOVED IN WITH THE INDIVIDUAL FOR 4 DAYS A WEEK. BIANCA: THE OVERTIME IS COSTLY BUT CEO SARAH MUDD SAYS THEIR WORK CAN’T STOP, SO SHE’ HOPEFUL THEY’LL GET A LOAN FROM FEDERAL PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM TO HELP COVER PAYROLL. >> IF WE DON’T GET ASSISTANCE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE CAN’T DO THIS THROUGH THE EPIDEMIC PERIOD. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK TO REGULAR SCHEDULES AND OPENING UP EVERYONE’S POTENTIAL FOR EXPOSURE AGAIN. BIANCA: BIANCA BELTRAN, KMBC 9 NEWS. KELLY: THE PANDEMIC IS COSTING KANSAS CITY’S TOURISM INDUSTRY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 45 CONVENTIONS AND MEETINGS HAVE NOW CANCELLED. THAT’S MORE THAN 100,000 LOST ROOM BOOKINGS COSTING THE CITY MORE THAN $90 MILLION. ONE OF KANSAS CITY’S BIGGEST PLANNED CONVENTIONS, THE ANNUAL GATHERING OF THE SHRINERS INTERNATIONAL, IS STILL ON, AT LEAST FOR NOW, FOR JULY. IT SUPPOSED TO BRING 20,00 PEOPLE TO TOWN. A HOT MEAL, AND NOW, A PLACE TO WASH UP, TOO D&M PLUMBING DONATED A PORTABLE HANDWASHING STATION TO THELMA’ KITCHEN AT 31ST AND TROOST. IT’S KANSAS CITY’S ONLY PAY WHAT YOU CAN DONATE CAF BUT THESE DAYS, IT’S GIVING AWAY FOOD TO HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE. MANY OF THEM ARE HOMELESS. >> THE HANDWASHING STATION IS A BLESSING BECAUSE MANY OF OUR FOLKS DON’T HAVE ANY RIGHT SHELTER AND THEY DON’T HAVE THE WAY TO STAY CLEAN WITH GOOD HYGIENE. KELLY: THEY ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE OUT OF WORK. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO HELP OR MAKE A DONATION, HEAD TO THELMA’S KITCHEN.ORG. IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI WE KNOW FACILITIES HAVE AT LEAST ONE RESIDENT OR EMPLOYEE WHO HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE CORONA VIRUS. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR S