USING USING FIRST ALERT FUTURESCAN COMING UP. RIGHT NOW HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IS BANNED IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. THIS IS ALL PART OF A NEW HEALTH DEPARTMENT ORDER TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 THE NEW ORDER STARTING TODAY APPLIES TO ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS PLUS PHIGHER EDUCATION NON PROFESSIONAL SPORTS CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS BESIDES HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL VOLLEYBALL SOCCER AND MARCHING BAND EVENTS ARE ALL AFFECTED IN JOHNSON COUNTY, KANSAS SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS WILL MEET WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT NEXT WEEK ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS WERE TOLD THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL COME OUT WITH A RECOMMENDATION AND WE’LL DISCUSS THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH ATHLETICS IN CLAY COUNTY. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS RECOMMENDING NO CONTEXT SPORTS IN THE FALL, BUT THE DEPARTMENT HAS LEFT IT UP TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DECIDE KMBC 9S. MATT FLENER IS IN LIBERTY. CONTACT SPORTS HERE IN CLAY COUNTY ARE NOW IN QUESTION AFTER RECOMMENDATIONS BY COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS. FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS IN CLAY COUNTY ARE IN SERIOUS DOUBT AFTER THE CLAY COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER’S RECOMMENDATION THAT CONTACT SPORTS LIKE FOOTBALL MOVE TO SPRING. WE BELIEVE THAT I KNOW WHAT’S BEST FOR OUR KIDS JEREMY BREAK AND HIS SON JAY ALONG WITH DOZENS OF OTHER PEOPLE DON’T LIKE THE IDEA CONTACT SPORTS ARE IN DANGER OF GETTING CANCELLED THIS FALL. MANY UPSET SINCE COUNTY RECOMMENDATION SEEM TO APPL TO HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS LEAVING MANY YOUTH SPORTS PARENTS AND PLAYERS CONFUSED ON WHAT’S NEXT PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO CLOSE DOWN FOOTBALL AND AND SOME OF MY FRIENDS DON’T WANT THAT. THIS VIRUS IS REAL. IT’S SCARY. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY WE DO HAVE TO DO WHAT’S BEST FOR OUR CHILD’S WHOLE WELL-BEING NOT JUST ONE PART OF THEIR WELL-BEING LET THESE KIDS PLAY THEY NEED IT STEPHANIE BOO JACK BROUGHT HER TWO SONS TO SHOW HEALTH WORKERS. THEY WANT TO PLAY THERE’S A RISK IN EVERYTHING YOU DO IN LIFE, AND IT’S WORTH IT TO US. MEANWHILE THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT LEFT IT UP TO EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DECIDE HOW TO PLAY MOVING FORWARD MA FLENER KMBC 9 NEWS CLAY COUNTY. SOUTH WORKERS WOULDN’T SPEAK ABOUT IT ON CAMERA TODAY. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN CLAY COUNTY. WE’RE STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK. HERE’S AN UPDATE ON COVID-19 IN KANSAS AND MISSOURI KANSAS IS REPORTING 1,300 NEW CASES SINCE WEDNESDAY, MISSOURI IS REPORTING 1,400 NEW CASES SINCE THURSDAY, AND THIS IS THE SEVEN DAY MOVING AVERAGE OF THE POSITIVITY RATE. IT’S ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO TRACK THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS. KANSAS IS UP TO 12.2% MISSOURI IS UP JUST A BIT TO 10.7% THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS NEARING 80. SENT IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. THIS CITY IS IN ITS WORST COVID-19 SPIKES SINCE THE VIRUS BEGAN KMBC 9S MICHEAL MAHONEY JOINS US LIVE ON MICHAEL LEADERS ARE NOW CONSIDERING WHETHER OR NOT TO REIMPOSE SIEVING LIMITS AT RESTAURANTS AND BARS. YEAH, THAT IS RIGHT. THIS IS A SITUATION. WHERE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI IS GOING TO SET A RECORD THIS WEEK FOR NEW REPORTED CASES MORE THAN 700 JUST THIS WEEK. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THING SEEMS LIKE THIS AMATEUR VIDEO FROM THE POWER AND LIGHT DISTRICT A BIG CROWD WITH FEW FACE MASKS ARE PART OF THE REASON THE MAYOR EXTENDED THE MASK REQUIREMENT UNTIL JANUARY 15TH. WE’RE CONTINUING TO EVALUATE A FEW THINGS AND OTHER AREAS BOTH BARS AND RESTAURANTS CAPACITY ISSUES RESTAURANTS ARE JUST OPERATING ON THE EDGE RIGHT NOW BARELY GETTING B SO IF WE REDUCE OCCUPANCY THAN THEIRS IT’S GOING TO MEAN MORE RESTAURANTS ARE CLOSE THE NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION SAYS 78,000 KANSANS AND MISSOURIANS IN THE FIELD LOST THEIR JOBS WHEN THE SHUTDOWN STARTED AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE ALL THE LAYOFFS IN THE BAR BUSINESS, WHICH HEALTH OFFICIALS THINK IS A PROBLEM AREA. NOW THE DECISION TO EXTEND THE MASK REQUIREMENT AND THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IN TO JANUARY WILL PROBABLY HURT THE RESTAURANTS AND BARS DURING ONE OF THEIR BUSIEST TIMES. THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS A BIG SEASON FOR RESTAURANTS, AND IT’S GOING TO HURT THIS YEAR NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE THOSE KIND OF EVENTS. WELL BARS ARE STILL LIMITED TO 50 PERCENT CAPACITY. THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS THAT KANSAS CITY MISSOURI RESTAURANTS. NOW, WE DON’T WANT TO SEE ANY ROLL BACK TO WHAT WE HAD BEFORE WOULD BE DEVASTATED. NOW ANY DECISION ON WHAT TO DO WITH THE RESTRICTIONS AND CAPACITY AND RESTAURANTS AND BARS AND KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI COULD COME WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS MICHEAL MAHONEY KMBC 9 NEWS WHILE LOCAL NUMBERS ARE VAGUE. THE METROS RESTAURANTS HAVE PROBABLY LOST MORE THAN 2 MILLION DOLLARS IN SALES FROM WHAT THEY HAD LAST YEAR IN INDEPENDENCE PLAYGROUNDS WILL BE BACK OPEN ON MONDAY CITY LEADERS SAY EVEN THOUGH CONTRACTION A COVID-19 BETWEEN SURFACE TO PERSON IS LOW. I DO WANT FAMILIES TO BE CAUTIOUS WEAR YOUR MASK SOCIAL DISTANCE CITY WORKERS WILL CLEAN THE PAR