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Updated: 4:10 PM CDT Jul 16, 2021
KMBC 9 News Staff
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —
Ten Kansas City-area health departments issued a joint public health advisory on COVID-19 Friday, recommending that unvaccinated residents wear face coverings.
This is only a recommendation and not a mandate.
The region's health officials said the advisory is because of the rapidly increasing COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations across the Kansas City metro related to the emergence of the delta variant.
"We are in trouble," said Dr. Steve Stites, of the University of Kansas Health System on Friday morning.
... Wastewater testing shows the variant is already beginning to spread in Kansas City.
Wastewater testing showed the delta variant was responsible for 100 percent of all coronavirus cases in Independence as of last week, prompting health officials to issue their own advisory.
KMBC 9 News Staff
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —
Ten Kansas City-area health departments issued a joint public health advisory on COVID-19 Friday, recommending that unvaccinated residents wear face coverings.
This is only a recommendation and not a mandate.
The region's health officials said the advisory is because of the rapidly increasing COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations across the Kansas City metro related to the emergence of the delta variant.
"We are in trouble," said Dr. Steve Stites, of the University of Kansas Health System on Friday morning.
... Wastewater testing shows the variant is already beginning to spread in Kansas City.
Wastewater testing showed the delta variant was responsible for 100 percent of all coronavirus cases in Independence as of last week, prompting health officials to issue their own advisory.
