Johnson, Wyandotte Counties won't impose additional COVID-19 restrictions

ROB.THANKS SO MUCH DENNIS ONE,TUESDAY, KANSAS GOVERNOR LAURA.KELLY ISSUED A NEW EMERGENCYDECLARATION REGARDING HOW THESTATE’S HANDLING THE CORONAVIRUSGOVERNOR.KELLY SAYS LOCAL OFFICIALS WILLDECIDE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT AND THEREOPENING PROCESS IN THEIRCOMMUNITIES.GOVERNOR’S HOPING THAT CITYLEADERS WILL USE FOR AD ASTRAREOPENING PLAN AS GUIDANCEMOVING FORWARD AND WITH COUNTIESCARRYING THE POWER OF THEIR OWNDECISIONS.NOW WHAT OUR LEADERS IN JOHNSONCOUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION HASMARTIN AUGUSTINE LIVE THISMORNING NOW MARTIN, WELCOMEPEOPLE IN JOHNSON.COUNTY EXPECT MOVING FORWARD ROBJOHNSON COUNTY LEADERSHIP ISGOING TO STICK VERY CLOSE TOGOVERNOR.KELLY’S PLAN TO REOPEN THEECONOMY EVEN THOUGH IN ANEARLIER PHASE OF HER PLAN THECOUNTY KEPT IN PLACE SOME MORERESTRICTIVE MEASURES THAN WHATWAS GOING ON IN THE REST OF THESTATE.BUT AS FOR NOW THE COUNTY SAYSIT WILL NOT PUT INTO PLACE ANYADDITIONAL LIMITS BEYOND WHATTHE GOVERNOR RECOMMENDS BUT IN ASTATEMENT THE COUNTY SAYS ITWILL STRONGLY RECOMMEND THATJOHNSON COUNTY RESIDENTSBUSINESSES ADHERE TO THAT.BY STEP APPROACH OF GOVERNORKELLY’S AD.ASTRA PLAN TO REOPEN THE ECONOMYAND NOT GET OUT AHEAD OF IT ANDTO CONTINUE THE PHYSICALDISTANCING WEARING MASKS WHENYOU CAN’T DO THAT AND CONTINUETO FREQUENTLY WASH HANDS ANDOTHER BITS OF HYGIENE TO WARDOFF THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT SOMEDECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADESUCH AS OVERLAND PARK’S DECISIONTO CLOSE ITS SWIMMING POOLS FORTHE SUMMER POOL SUCH AS THEMARTY POOL HERE AT 70 AND THENCONTRA THOSE DECISIONS AREN’TGOING TO CHANGE EVEN THOUGH INGOVERNOR KELLY’S PLAN.IT DOES EVENTUALLY CALL FOR THEREOPENING OF SWIMMING POOLS.REPORTING LIVE IN OVERLAND PARKMARTIN AUGUSTINE KMBC 9 NEWSMARTIN.THANKS SO MUCH AND IN WYANDOTTECOUNTY.THEY ARE FOLLOWING THAT ASTROPLAN.IT MEANS THAT THE COUNTY WILLCONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE STATE’SPHASE TWO GUIDELINES UNTIL ATLEAST JUNE 8 MEANS THAT MASSGATHERINGS ARE LIMITED TO NOMORE THAN 15 PEOPLE PEOPLE AREENCOURAGED TO WEAR MASKS INPUBLIC AND MAINTAIN SOCIALDISTANCING OF AT LEAST SIX FEETBARS NIGHTCLUBS PUBLIC SWIMMING