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COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS, BIANCA AND EMILY THE PATIENT TESTED POSITIVE FOR KOVIN 19 YESTERDAY IN A STATE LAB NOW, THEY’RE WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION FROM THE CDC AND TO PROTECT HER PRIVACY. THEY WOULD NOT DE WE’RE IN JOHNSON COUNTY SHE LIVES OR WHICH STATE SHE TRAVELED TO BUT WE’RE TOLD THE TRANSMISSION OF THE VIRUS HAPPENED DURING TRAVEL TO THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES THAT IS WHERE SHE STARTED FEELING SYMPTOMS AND TAKING PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT OTHERS FROM GETTING SICK. THIS INDIVIDUAL DID EVERYTHING RIGHT WHEN SYMPTOMS STARTED THEY USED A MASK AND SELF ISOLATED. THEY NOTIFIED THEIR PHYSICIAN BEFORE GOING INTO THE DOCTOR’S OFFICE SO THAT THEY WOULDN’T INFECT OTHER PEOPLE. NOW, KANSAS AND JOHNSON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT’S ARE MONITORING THE PATIENT WHO IS STAYING ISOLATED AT HOME AND OFFICIALS SAY PEOPLE SHOULD NOT PANIC THE RISK TO RESIDENTS IS LOW. THEY ARE INVESTIGATING WHO MAY HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE PATIENT ARE NOTIFYING THEM DIRECTLY. WE’RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH KDHE TO IDENTIFY ANY ANY OTHER CONTACTS AND I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE AS MARY HAS ALREADY SAID USE PRECAUTIONS AGAIN WASH YOUR HANDS. STAY IF YOU’RE SICK. IT’S A REMINDER TO RESIDENTS ON WHAT THEY CAN DO TO PREVENT FROM GETTING THIS CORONAVIRUS JOHNSON COUNTY HEALTH WILL BE POSTING UPDATES ON THEIR WEBSITE AT DJOKO DOT-GOV CORONAVIRUS, BUT OF COURSE, THIS IS A NEW VIRUS AND A FLU

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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment confirmed its first presumptive positive case of COVID-19 in Kansas. The presumptive positive case was identified Saturday with testing sent to KDHE’s Kansas Health and Environmental Laboratories. These results will be verified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lab but will be treated as positive unless determined otherwise.Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said Saturday at a news conference the presumptive positive case is a woman from Johnson County. Kelly said the woman is under 50 years old and lives in Johnson County. She said the woman is in home isolation. Kelly said health officials are checking who the woman may have been in contact with over the past few days and weeks.Johnson County officials said Saturday night the woman had traveled within the United States, in the northeast part of the country, and her symptoms began in another state.“Kansas has been prepared for positive cases of novel coronavirus and will continue to work alongside local and federal public health partners in addressing the potential spread of the virus,” Kelly said. “It is our main priority to keep Kansans healthy and safe. We want Kansans educated on all aspects related to COVID-19.”Kelly asked Kansans “not to panic” and said people in the state are still at “low risk of getting the virus.”“We continue to monitor the situation closely. In the meantime, the general public can help. Please practice proper public health hygiene,” Dr. Lee Norman, secretary of KDHE, said. “Wash your hands and stay home if you’re sick.”The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has information and updates about coronavirus on its website.