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Gov. Mike Parson: All casinos in Missouri to close because of COVID-19 outbreak Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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GOING TO BE PLAYING JUST READY TO THREE THE CORONA VIRUS. IT CONTINUES TO SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ACCORDING TO JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICAL CENTER. THERE ARE MORE THAN AND EIGHTY TWO THOUSAND. HE SAYS WITH MORE THAN 70 100 DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES. THERE ARE MORE THAN 4,600 CASES WITH 91 DEATHS. WELL HERE LOCALLY. THERE ARE NINE CASES IN MISSOURI. THE LATEST IS A PRESUMPTIVE POSITIVE CASE IN DREXEL AND CASS COUNTY AND KANSAS. THERE ARE ELEVEN POSITIVE CASES FOR THE CORONA VIRUS EIGHT OF THEM ARE IN JOHNSON COUNTY. THE ONE DEATH IN KANSAS IS A CASE FROM WYANDOTTE COUNTY LAST WEEK MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE ARE IN WASHINGTON STATE AND HALLMARK IS CLOSING ITS CROWN CENTER HEADQUARTERS FOR 48 HOURS AS AFTER AN EMPLOYEE WAS EXPOSED TO THE CORONA VIRUS THE COMPANY SAYS IT HAPPENED IN A SOCIAL SETTING OUTSIDE OF WORK THAT PERSON IS IN SELF-QUARANTINE ALONG WITH OTHERS WHO MAY HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH THAT PERSON. WELL, DO YOU KNOW THE SYMPTOMS OF THE CORONA VIRUS ACCORDING TO THE CDC? THEY INCLUDE FEVER COUGH AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH SYMPTOMS MAY APPEAR TO TO 14 DAYS AFTER EXPOSURE, MISSOURI, GOVERNOR. PARSON SAYS THAT MORE CORONAVIRUS TEST KITS ARE COMING BY APRIL 1ST PRIVATE FIRMS ARE ALSO TESTING FOR THE VIRUS IN MISSOURI A HALL ON MONDAY MORNING MISSOURI’S. DIRECTOR TALKED ABOUT THOSE TEST KITS THAT ARE COMING. WE HOPE BY APRIL 1ST TO SHIFT OUR CAPABILITY TO HAVE THE TEST TO TEST ALL MISSOURIANS WHO HAVE A FEVER OVER A HUNDRED POINT FOR AND A COUGH AND WE WILL MOVE THAT OUT TO LOCAL MOBILE TESTING SITES. DR. RANDALL SAYS THAT THE GOAL IS TO HAVE SIX THOUSAND TESTS AVAILABLE STATEWIDE IN MISSOURI EACH WEEK IN APRIL AND THE CITY OF BLUE SPRINGS IS CLOSING ALL A CITY FACILITIES, INCLUDING CITY HALL IN PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING. IT’S A PRECAUTION. CORONAVIRUS IT IS DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CDC RECOMMENDATIONS WITH SEE. RECOMMENDATIONS THE BUILDINGS WILL BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL APRIL 6TH ACROSS THE METRO SEVERAL BUSINESSES WILL BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC TODAY. JAMESTOWN’S MET IVAN SAYS MORE THIS MORNING ON HOW THIS IS ALL PART OF THE LATEST UPDATES TO THE STATE OF EMERGENCY LIFE AS WE KNOW IT IS CHANGING EVERY DAY AND ST. PATRICK’S DAY IS NO DIFFERENT MANY ST. PATRICK’S DAY CELEBRATIONS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED HERE IN KANSAS CITY AND ALL ACROSS THE WORD LAST WEEK FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT’S ALMOST 50 YEAR HISTORY THE ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE HERE IN KANSAS CIT CLOSED AND THEN YESTERDAY ANOTHER PATRICK’S HOTSPOT A FAVORITE HERE BEHIND US KELLY’S WESTPORT IN ANNOUNCED THEY WOULD BE CLOSING FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM KELLY’S CAME JUST HOURS BEFORE KANSAS CITY MAYOR QUINTON LUCAS ANNOUNCED FURTHER RESTRICTIONS IN HIS EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION THAT INCLUDES AT ANY EVENTS OR GATHERINGS WITH MORE THAN 10 PEOPLE ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED IN THE CITY THE MAYOR ALSO ANNOUNCED ITS STARTING TODAY RESTAURANTS BARS TAVERNS AT CLUBS AND MOVIE THEATERS ARE RESTAURANTS AND TAVERN TAVERNS THAT CAN SERVE CUSTOMERS VIA I’VE THROUGH PICK UP OR THROUGH DELIVERY SIMILAR RESTRICTIONS ARE NOW IN PLACE IN KCK, WYANDOTTE COUNTY AND JOHNSON COUNTY, KANSAS AND IN JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI AS THESE STATE CITY AND COUNTY LEADERS ALL TRY TO REACT TO THIS CORONA VIRUS OUTBREAK THAT WE SEE OURSELVES IN IN THIS COUNTRY. SO THESE RESTRICTIONS LOCALLY WILL BE IN PLACE FOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS AND IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON CELEBRATING ST. PATRICK’S DAY TODAY YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO SO AT HOME. IN WESTPORT MATT EVANS KMBC 9 NEWS. MEANWHILE LAST NIGHT THE CLOTH BAR DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY WAS PREPARING FOR THIS NEW WAY OF LIFE. MATT MENTIONED BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN SLOW BUSINESS HAS BEEN SLOW EVER SINCE THE BIG 12 WAS CANCELED, BUT NOW WITH THE NEW REGULATIONS, WELL MANY WORRY IF THEY’LL HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO TO COVER BASIC LIFE NECESSITIES. IT’S LIKE I SAID, IT’S BEEN ONE OF THE MAIN TOPICS AND EVERYBODY’S MIND IS WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS FOR NOT WORKING. SOME RESTAURANTS ARE ADDING CURBSIDE PICKUP AND TAKE OUT TO STAY IN BUSINESS AND JOE’S KANSAS CITY IS DOING ITS PART TO ENCOURAGE SOCIAL DISTANCING. ALL THREE LOCATIONS WILL NOW OFFER CURBSIDE PICKUP CUSTOMERS CAN CALL IN AN ORDER AND GET A PICKUP TIME WHEN THEY ARRIVED A TEAM MEMBER WILL BRING THE BARBECUE TO THEIR VEHICLE AND IN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. THE LEGENDS IS OFFERING CURBSIDE DELIVERY AND SPECIAL DEALS AMONG THEM GRANTED CITY JAZZ CHIPOTLE AND EL TORO LOCO. YOU CAN ALSO USE SERVICES LIKE DOOR - AND UBEREATS AT OTHER RESTAURANTS I THE POPULAR SHOPPING DISTRICT. YOU ARE IN NEED OF A LIST OF THE KANSAS CITY AREA RESTAURANTS THAT ARE OFFERING TAKEOUT AND DELIVERY OPTIONS. WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED. I HAVE A LINK UP FOR YOU MY KMBC FACEBOOK PAGE TO CURBSIDE CASEY. IT H