Category: COVID-19

State of local health emergency extended for 90 days

The state of health emergency in Wyandotte County was extended for another 90 days on Thursday by the Unified Government Commission.

At the Thursday night meeting, the commission voted 10-0 in favor of extending the state of emergency for 90 days.

Jeff Conway, assistant UG counsel, said Kansas had its own state of emergency as well. It was scheduled to expire May 28, he said. The governor requested a 30-day extension, but the Legislative Coordinating Council only extended it about 15 days, to June 15, he said.

Conway said on Thursday the governor expressed her desire that the state of emergency not expire, and asked to extend it to mid-August for the state.

In the meantime, local health officials have shifted their focus into more of a vaccination mode, and some of the vaccination numbers are low for some of the Wyandotte County communities, Conway said. Local officials want to extend it another 90 days because of the low vaccination rate.

Matt May, director of emergency management, said the emergency declaration does a lot of small things.

It makes the county eligible to receive reimbursements from Federal Emergency Management Agency funds for expenses, he said, including significant expenses to operate the vaccination centers.

Usually, there is a 75 percent reimbursement from FEMA, but currently, the president has allowed 100 percent reimbursement for the program, so Wyandotte County could recoup all of its expenses, he said. But the local declaration has to be in place to apply, he added.

May said the lack of a state emergency will not affect Wyandotte County’s reimbursements, as the county would still qualify because of a national declared emergency.

Commissioner Christian Ramirez said the extension is a financial focus point for the county to get reimbursed for expenses, but its purpose is not to put in any mandates of any kind.

Free walk-in vaccinations available

The Kansas National Guard Armory, 100 S. 20th, (near 18th and Ridge), will be open for free walk-in vaccinations for everyone 12 and older from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, June 11. The vaccines are through the Unified Government Health Department.

People may also schedule vaccinations at WycoVaccines.org. Residents may request rides to the vaccination clinic through a form on the same website.

The Unified Government Health Department vaccination hours changed recently. To see the schedule and more information about vaccinations, visit WycoVaccines.org or https://www.facebook.com/UGHealthDept.

Those who receive COVID-19 vaccinations are asked to consider bringing an ID to make the process go faster.

The Health Department is doing more mobile COVID-19 vaccinations, and people may request vaccines to be given at different sites in the community by going to WycoVaccines.org and clicking on “mobile vaccine request.” People also may request a ride to vaccination sites on the same page.

Those who wish to schedule an appointment may use the Health Department’s self-scheduling tool at WycoVaccines.org and click on a blue button that says, “Click here to schedule an appointment online.” The page is available in Spanish by clicking at the top of the page. Walk-in appointments also are welcome.

Those who don’t have an internet connection may call 3-1-1 or 913-573-5311 for assistance in scheduling their vaccination appointment time and date.

To see more information about Health Department vaccinations and next week’s schedule, visit WycoVaccines.org.

Other sites available for vaccinations

Vaccinations at KU Health System are open to the public. Current patients may use MyChart to make an appointment. Others may call 913-588-1227 or visit kansashealthsystem.com/vaccine to make an appointment to get vaccinated. KU Health System currently is vaccinating residents of Kansas and Missouri who are 12 or older, by appointment only. Those under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian throughout the appointment.

There are also pharmacies giving free COVID-19 vaccinations in Wyandotte County by appointment, when available. These include Price Chopper and Hen House pharmacies, which are now also accepting walk-in vaccinations or appointments, and are starting vaccinations for age 12 and up at those pharmacies that are giving Pfizer vaccine (see https://www.ballsfoodspharmacy.com/).

CVS has announced walk-in appointments for COVID-19 vaccine at some of its stores. Those interested in getting a vaccination at a CVS pharmacy are asked to visit a CVS website in order to make sure there is vaccine available. The website is at www.cvs.com/. Walgreens and Walmart also were listed on www.vaccines.gov as giving vaccinations.

Other pharmacies and sites giving vaccines are listed at www.vaccines.gov. The website also tells whether vaccines are in stock at the locations.

Case numbers reported

Dr. Dana Hawkinson, medical director of infection prevention and control, reported the COVID-19 case numbers at the University of Kansas Health System were slightly higher Thursday morning. Six active COVID-19 patients were being treated at the hospital, an increase of one. One patient was in the intensive care unit, no change from Wednesday. There have been no patients on ventilators since May 24. Four other patients were still in the hospital, in the recovery phase, the same number as Wednesday. There were 10 total COVID-19 patients, an increase of one since Wednesday.

Wyandotte County reported an increase of five COVID-19 cases on Thursday, June 10, for a cumulative 18,903 cases, according to the Unified Government Health Department’s COVID-19 webpage. There was a cumulative total of 299 deaths reported, no change from Wednesday.

The Mid-America Regional Council’s COVID-19 dashboard reported 175,320 cumulative COVID-19 cases on Thursday in the Kansas City region. The daily average of new hospitalizations was 38.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported 315,500 cumulative COVID-19 cases in Kansas on Wednesday, June 9, an increase of 401 cases since Monday, June 7. There were a total of 5,103 cumulative deaths reported statewide, an increase of three.
On Wednesday, June 9, the KDHE reported 59,373 cumulative cases in Johnson County, an increase of 68 cases since Monday. Leavenworth County had 7,274 cumulative cases, an increase of three since Monday. Sedgwick County had 57,512 cases, an increase of 55 cases since Monday, according to KDHE.

The Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 dashboard on Thursday night reported 33,426,310 cumulative COVID-19 cases in the United States, with 598,744 total deaths reported nationwide. There were 20,779 new cases nationwide and 432 new deaths nationwide.
States with high numbers of new cases were Texas, 9,071; Louisiana, 774; Colorado, 697; California, 694; and Missouri, 624.
Countries with high numbers of new cases were India, 93,463; Brazil, 85,748; Argentina, 29,757; Colombia, 21,879; and U.S., 20,779, according to Johns Hopkins information.
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Free testing available

Free COVID-19 testing will be offered from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 10, at the Kansas National Guard Armory, 100 S. 20th St., (near 18th and Ridge), Kansas City, Kansas, at the Health Department’s eastern location.
Wyandotte County residents may contact the Health Department at wycohelp.org to sign up for a test to be delivered to their home.

For more details about free COVID-19 testing offered by the UG Health Department, visit https://wyandotte-county-covid-19-hub-unifiedgov.hub.arcgis.com/pages/what-to-do-if-you-think-you-have-covid-19, https://www.facebook.com/UGHealthDept or call 3-1-1.

The Health Department’s general contact page is at https://www.wycokck.org/Health/Contact.aspx. The department’s Facebook page is at https://www.facebook.com/UGHealthDept.

Testing sites are at https://wyandotte-county-covid-19-hub-unifiedgov.hub.arcgis.com/pages/what-to-do-if-you-think-you-have-covid-19. There are more test sites listed on this page.

Saliva testing is now offered at the UG Health Department. For more information, visit https://alpha.wycokck.org/files/assets/public/health/documents/covid/02042021-ugphd-saliva-testing-available.pdf.

The KU doctors’ news conference is at https://www.facebook.com/kuhospital/videos/343763873771947.

The University of Kansas Health System COVID-19 update page is at https://www.facebook.com/kuhospital/videos/330310795391910.

A vaccine report for the state of Kansas is at
https://www.kansasvaccine.gov/DocumentCenter/View/123/Vaccine-Historical-Document-22521?bidId=.

The KDHE’s COVID-19 webpage is at https://www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov/.

The KC Region COVID-19 Hub dashboard is at https://marc2.org/covidhub/.

The Wyandotte County page on the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 website is at https://bao.arcgis.com/covid-19/jhu/county/20209.html.

The Johns Hopkins Data in Motion, a presentation on critical COVID-19 data in the past 24 hours, is at https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/covid-19-daily-video.

Extra efforts being made to convince people to get vaccinated

As many as 750,000 people in Kansas could be vaccine-hesitant, and the Kansas Beats the Virus campaign is training people in how to respond to their concerns.

According to Ed O’Malley, president of the Kansas Leadership Center, which started the Kansas Beats the Virus group, it might not be easy to convince some people to get the vaccine. What works, according to O’Malley, is to create conditions where people convince themselves. He talked about the effort during a media update Wednesday morning at the University of Kansas Health System.

Debating or lecturing people doesn’t work, but helping people understand the research or who else has taken the vaccine usually works, according to O’Malley. His group is training neighborhood leaders and influential people in techniques that work.

People always have reasons for their beliefs and too often others don’t take the time to try to understand those beliefs, O’Malley said.

O’Malley said he thinks the new CDC guidelines saying only the unvaccinated need to wear masks sent a message that COVID-19 is over and that has made the job to mobilize people much harder.

Julia Fabris McBride, project lead for Kansas Beats the Virus, said it works when people hear from others they know and trust, and not from a government official telling them what to do.

The group has a goal of 500 action projects by Aug. 1, but it’s harder now to get people to feel the same sense of urgency they felt in December, she said.

McBride said many unvaccinated people don’t know the vaccine is free and worry about missing work if they get sick from the vaccine side effects.

To get started on helping the community, go to the Kansas Leadership Center website, https://kansasbeatsthevirus.org/ to sign up. They will provide a project facilitator and if needed, there is grant money available to help local projects get started.


Dr. Dana Hawkinson, medical director of infection prevention and control at The University of Kansas Health System, said the low number of patients at the health system is proof that vaccinations work. He said those worried about myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart in some young people, should not worry about it being caused by the vaccine.

He also feels mask wearing in health care facilities is here to stay for now because it works and said masking in schools may still be needed until those under 12 can get vaccinated. He reiterated that the way out of the pandemic is for as many people to get vaccinated as possible.

Free walk-in vaccinations available

The Kansas National Guard Armory, 100 S. 20th, (near 18th and Ridge), will be open for free walk-in vaccinations for everyone 12 and older from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 10. The vaccines are through the Unified Government Health Department.

People may also schedule vaccinations at WycoVaccines.org. Residents may request rides to the vaccination clinic through a form on the same website.

The Unified Government Health Department vaccination hours changed recently. To see the schedule and more information about vaccinations, visit WycoVaccines.org or https://www.facebook.com/UGHealthDept.

Those who receive COVID-19 vaccinations are asked to consider bringing an ID to make the process go faster.

The Health Department is doing more mobile COVID-19 vaccinations, and people may request vaccines to be given at different sites in the community by going to WycoVaccines.org and clicking on “mobile vaccine request.” People also may request a ride to vaccination sites on the same page.

Those who wish to schedule an appointment may use the Health Department’s self-scheduling tool at WycoVaccines.org and click on a blue button that says, “Click here to schedule an appointment online.” The page is available in Spanish by clicking at the top of the page. Walk-in appointments also are welcome.

Those who don’t have an internet connection may call 3-1-1 or 913-573-5311 for assistance in scheduling their vaccination appointment time and date.

To see more information about Health Department vaccinations and next week’s schdule, visit WycoVaccines.org.

Other sites available for vaccinations

Vaccinations at KU Health System are open to the public. Current patients may use MyChart to make an appointment. Others may call 913-588-1227 or visit kansashealthsystem.com/vaccine to make an appointment to get vaccinated. KU Health System currently is vaccinating residents of Kansas and Missouri who are 12 or older, by appointment only. Those under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian throughout the appointment.

There are also pharmacies giving free COVID-19 vaccinations in Wyandotte County by appointment, when available. These include Price Chopper and Hen House pharmacies, which are now also accepting walk-in vaccinations or appointments, and are starting vaccinations for age 12 and up at those pharmacies that are giving Pfizer vaccine (see https://www.ballsfoodspharmacy.com/).

CVS has announced walk-in appointments for COVID-19 vaccine at some of its stores. Those interested in getting a vaccination at a CVS pharmacy are asked to visit a CVS website in order to make sure there is vaccine available. The website is at www.cvs.com/. Walgreens and Walmart also were listed on www.vaccines.gov as giving vaccinations.

Other pharmacies and sites giving vaccines are listed at www.vaccines.gov. The website also tells whether vaccines are in stock at the locations.

Case numbers reported

Dr. Hawkinson reported the COVID-19 case numbers at the University of Kansas Health System were about the same Wednesday morning. Five active COVID-19 patients were being treated at the hospital, no change. One patient was in the intensive care unit, no change from Tuesday. There have been no patients on ventilators since May 24. Four other patients were still in the hospital, in the recovery phase, a decrease of two from Tuesday. There were nine total COVID-19 patients, a decrease of two from Tuesday.

Wyandotte County reported an increase of six COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, June 9, for a cumulative 18,898 cases, according to the Unified Government Health Department’s COVID-19 webpage. There was a cumulative total of 299 deaths reported, no change from Tuesday.

The Mid-America Regional Council’s COVID-19 dashboard reported 175,293 cumulative, COVID-19 cases on Wednesday in the Kansas City region. The daily average of new hospitalizations was 37.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported 315,500 cumulative COVID-19 cases in Kansas on Wednesday, June 9, an increase of 401 cases since Monday, June 7. There were a total of 5,103 cumulative deaths reported statewide, an increase of three.

On Wednesday, June 9, the KDHE reported 59,373 cumulative cases in Johnson County, an increase of 68 cases since Monday. Leavenworth County had 7,274 cumulative cases, an increase of three since Monday. Sedgwick County had 57,512 cases, an increase of 55 cases since Monday, according to KDHE.

The Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 dashboard on Wednesday night reported 33,413,999 cumulative COVID-19 cases in the United States, with 598,760 total deaths reported nationwide. There were 13,011 new cases nationwide and 380 new deaths nationwide.
States with high numbers of new cases were Texas, 1,929; California, 1,161; Missouri, 724; Washington, 702; and Colorado, 600.
Countries with high numbers of new cases were India, 92,596; Brazil, 52,911; Argentina, 31,137; Colombia, 18,586; and U.S., 13,011, according to Johns Hopkins information.

Free testing available

Free COVID-19 testing will be available from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, June 10, at the Vibrant Health Argentine location, 1428 S. 32nd St., Kansas City, Kansas. This test is in conjunction with the Wyandotte County Health Equity Task Force.

Free COVID-19 testing will be offered from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 10, at the Kansas National Guard Armory, 100 S. 20th St., (near 18th and Ridge), Kansas City, Kansas, at the Health Department’s eastern location.

Wyandotte County residents may contact the Health Department at wycohelp.org to sign up for a test to be delivered to their home.


For more details about free COVID-19 testing offered by the UG Health Department, visit https://wyandotte-county-covid-19-hub-unifiedgov.hub.arcgis.com/pages/what-to-do-if-you-think-you-have-covid-19, https://www.facebook.com/UGHealthDept or call 3-1-1.

The Health Department’s general contact page is at https://www.wycokck.org/Health/Contact.aspx. The department’s Facebook page is at https://www.facebook.com/UGHealthDept.

Testing sites are at https://wyandotte-county-covid-19-hub-unifiedgov.hub.arcgis.com/pages/what-to-do-if-you-think-you-have-covid-19. There are more test sites listed on this page.

Saliva testing is now offered at the UG Health Department. For more information, visit https://alpha.wycokck.org/files/assets/public/health/documents/covid/02042021-ugphd-saliva-testing-available.pdf.

The KU doctors’ news conference is at https://www.facebook.com/kuhospital/videos/314691290126187.

The University of Kansas Health System COVID-19 update page is at https://www.facebook.com/kuhospital/videos/330310795391910.

A vaccine report for the state of Kansas is at
https://www.kansasvaccine.gov/DocumentCenter/View/123/Vaccine-Historical-Document-22521?bidId=.

The KDHE’s COVID-19 webpage is at https://www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov/.

The KC Region COVID-19 Hub dashboard is at https://marc2.org/covidhub/.

The Wyandotte County page on the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 website is at https://bao.arcgis.com/covid-19/jhu/county/20209.html.

The Johns Hopkins Data in Motion, a presentation on critical COVID-19 data in the past 24 hours, is at https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/covid-19-daily-video.

Seeing more of a return to normal with vaccinations

While the pandemic has been devastating to people and changed their lives, Rep. Sharice Davids said Tuesday that she is starting to see a return to normal with vaccinations.

People are starting to be able to hug their families again, she said at the Tuesday morning news conference at the University of Kansas Health System.

“Things are starting to feel a little more like normal…the sun’s coming through the clouds here,” Rep. Davids, D-3rd Dist., said.

Federal update

When asked what she was most proud of, she said it was the COVID-19 relief bills from the federal government for businesses and individuals.

She does not think that the data shows unemployment benefits are keeping people at home and away from work, and said the assistance has been a lifeline for many people.

Rep. Davids has been working to keep telehealth alive, as it has been vital to those in smaller communities during the pandemic. It won’t be possible unless people can access it from home, and since broadband internet access is critical, she is also working to expand it.


She also said she felt that getting vaccinated was setting a good example, and she urged everyone to get vaccinated.

State update

With the Kansas emergency declaration expiring on June 15, Dr. Lee Norman, secretary of health, said Tuesday morning that the effects of the expiration will be mostly unseen by the public. The Legislature allowed the state of emergency declaration to expire.

“It doesn’t mean the virus has magically gone away,” Dr. Norman said. Kansas is still recording about 100 new COVID-19 cases per day, with one to three deaths every day, he said.

“If we had one to three deaths per day from something else that was preventable, there would be rioting in the streets,” Dr. Norman said.

About 50 percent of Kansas residents are fully vaccinated, but the state probably won’t reach the president’s goal of 70 percent by July 4, he said.

Last weekend was the 500th day of the state’s emergency operations. When the state emergency order is lifted, contact tracing and vaccinations will still continue, he said. The state will lose its National Guard troops helping with the COVID-19 efforts, however, he said. Then they will probably use contract nurses to continue the work, he added. The state may have to use services like FedEx or UPS for transporting.

They are sorting out the situation and will present a plan to the governor, he added. The state will receive federal monies for vaccination and testing regardless of the state of emergency, he said.

While he was glad to see schools starting to ramp up vaccinations, he felt masks will still be necessary in classrooms. CDC guidance states that unvaccinated people should wear masks, and that would apply to the 420,000 Kansas children under 12 who have no approved vaccine yet, he said.

All of the virus variants, including the ones found in hot spots in rural Missouri, can also be found in Kansas, Dr. Norman said. Wastewater testing and air sampling allows the state to find out where the virus is currently.

Dr. Norman said the COVID-19 vaccines are not experimental. With more than a billion doses safely given, the vaccines are some of the most tested products in modern history, he said.

“The fact it doesn’t have full FDA approval, and they will, the fact that they don’t, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s experimental,” he said. “I think that conjures up something that’s maybe not intended, but I think it is used occasionally to dissuade people. But this is really not an experiment, it’s a very well-established vaccine.”

Dr. Steve Stites, chief medical officer at KU Health System, said that vaccination is the way out of the pandemic.

He said the Race to End COVID-19 last weekend at the Kansas Speedway offered incentives to getting vaccinations, and it resulted in 166 vaccinations and 240 tests, Those who need a first or second dose of the vaccine may call the health system at 913-588-1227 or may visit kansashealthsystem.com/vaccine.

Spike model

Also at the media update Tuesday morning, Dr. Paul Camerata, a neurosurgeon at the KU Health System, showed a 3D model of a spike protein that was produced at the health system. It will be used to teach students about COVID-19 and spike proteins. The model looks different from the usual artist’s pictures of the coronavirus.

Dr. Dana Hawkinson, medical director of infection prevention and control, explained where the model spike protein was attached to the viral surface, showed where it interacted with the ACE2 receptor, and showed the area where antibodies would work against the virus.

Free walk-in vaccinations available

The former Kmart store site at 7836 State Ave. will be open for free walk-in vaccinations for everyone 12 and older from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 9.

The Health Department is holding mobile vaccination clinics at schools this month. A free mobile vaccination clinic will be at Sumner Academy, 1610 N. 8th St., from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 9. It is open to the public. Anyone over age 12 may be vaccinated. Walk-ins are welcome. Minors must be accompanied by parents or guardians. There also will be free food boxes, free COVID tests and free cleaning supplies available. For more information, see https://fb.me/e/bGmhW1vnN.

People may also schedule vaccinations at WycoVaccines.org. Residents may request rides to the vaccination clinic through a form on the same website.

The Unified Government Health Department vaccination hours changed recently. To see the schedule and more information about vaccinations, visit WycoVaccines.org or https://www.facebook.com/UGHealthDept.

Those who receive COVID-19 vaccinations are asked to consider bringing an ID to make the process go faster.

The Health Department is doing more mobile COVID-19 vaccinations, and people may request vaccines to be given at different sites in the community by going to WycoVaccines.org and clicking on “mobile vaccine request.” People also may request a ride to vaccination sites on the same page.

Those who wish to schedule an appointment may use the Health Department’s self-scheduling tool at WycoVaccines.org and click on a blue button that says, “Click here to schedule an appointment online.” The page is available in Spanish by clicking at the top of the page. Walk-in appointments also are welcome.

Those who don’t have an internet connection may call 3-1-1 or 913-573-5311 for assistance in scheduling their vaccination appointment time and date.

To see more information about Health Department vaccinations and next week’s schdule, visit WycoVaccines.org.

Other sites available for vaccinations

Vaccinations at KU Health System are open to the public. Current patients may use MyChart to make an appointment. Others may call 913-588-1227 or visit kansashealthsystem.com/vaccine to make an appointment to get vaccinated. KU Health System currently is vaccinating residents of Kansas and Missouri who are 12 or older, by appointment only. Those under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian throughout the appointment.

There are also pharmacies giving free COVID-19 vaccinations in Wyandotte County by appointment, when available. These include Price Chopper and Hen House pharmacies, which are now also accepting walk-in vaccinations or appointments, and are starting vaccinations for age 12 and up at those pharmacies that are giving Pfizer vaccine (see https://www.ballsfoodspharmacy.com/).

CVS has announced walk-in appointments for COVID-19 vaccine at some of its stores. Those interested in getting a vaccination at a CVS pharmacy are asked to visit a CVS website in order to make sure there is vaccine available. The website is at www.cvs.com/. Walgreens and Walmart also were listed on www.vaccines.gov as giving vaccinations.

Other pharmacies and sites giving vaccines are listed at www.vaccines.gov. The website also tells whether vaccines are in stock at the locations.

Case numbers reported

Dr. Hawkinson reported the COVID-19 case numbers at the University of Kansas Health System were slightly higher on Tuesday morning. Five active COVID-19 patients were being treated at the hospital, an increase of one from Monday. One patient was in the intensive care unit, no change from Monday. There have been no patients on ventilators since May 24. Six other patients were still in the hospital, but were out of the acute infection phase, no change from Monday. There were 11 total COVID-19 patients, an increase of one from Monday.

Wyandotte County reported an increase of 14 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, June 8, for a cumulative 18,892 cases, according to the Unified Government Health Department’s COVID-19 webpage. There was a cumulative total of 299 deaths reported, no change from Monday.

The Mid-America Regional Council’s COVID-19 dashboard reported 175,225 cumulative, COVID-19 cases on Tuesday in the Kansas City region. The daily average of new hospitalizations was 37.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported 315,099 cumulative COVID-19 cases in Kansas on Monday, June 7, an increase of 244 cases since Friday, June 4. There were a total of 5,100 cumulative deaths reported statewide, an increase of 16.

The Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 dashboard on Tuesday night reported 33,390,562 cumulative COVID-19 cases in the United States, with 598,323 total deaths reported nationwide. There were 15,496 new cases nationwide and 324 new deaths nationwide.
States with high numbers of new cases were North Carolina, 1,297; California, 1,196; Texas, 1,175; Washington, 832; and Louisiana, 796.
Countries with high numbers of new cases were India, 86,498; Brazil, 37,156; Argentina, 22,195; Colombia, 21,949; and U.S., 15,496, according to Johns Hopkins information.

Free testing available

Free COVID-19 testing will be available from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 9, at the Vibrant Health Cordell D. Meeks Jr. Clinic, formerly Children’s Mercy West, 4313 State Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. This test is in conjunction with the Wyandotte County Health Equity Task Force.

Free COVID-19 testing will be offered from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 9, at the former Kmart, 7836 State Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. This is the Health Department’s central site.

Wyandotte County residents may contact the Health Department at wycohelp.org to sign up for a test to be delivered to their home.
For more details about free COVID-19 testing offered by the UG Health Department, visit https://wyandotte-county-covid-19-hub-unifiedgov.hub.arcgis.com/pages/what-to-do-if-you-think-you-have-covid-19, https://www.facebook.com/UGHealthDept or call 3-1-1.

The Health Department’s general contact page is at https://www.wycokck.org/Health/Contact.aspx. The department’s Facebook page is at https://www.facebook.com/UGHealthDept.

Testing sites are at https://wyandotte-county-covid-19-hub-unifiedgov.hub.arcgis.com/pages/what-to-do-if-you-think-you-have-covid-19. There are more test sites listed on this page.

Saliva testing is now offered at the UG Health Department. For more information, visit https://alpha.wycokck.org/files/assets/public/health/documents/covid/02042021-ugphd-saliva-testing-available.pdf.

The KU doctors’ news conference is at https://www.facebook.com/kuhospital/videos/235722611692972

The University of Kansas Health System COVID-19 update page is at https://www.facebook.com/kuhospital/videos/330310795391910.

A vaccine report for the state of Kansas is at
https://www.kansasvaccine.gov/DocumentCenter/View/123/Vaccine-Historical-Document-22521?bidId=.

The KDHE’s COVID-19 webpage is at https://www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov/.

The KC Region COVID-19 Hub dashboard is at https://marc2.org/covidhub/.

The Wyandotte County page on the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 website is at https://bao.arcgis.com/covid-19/jhu/county/20209.html.

The Johns Hopkins Data in Motion, a presentation on critical COVID-19 data in the past 24 hours, is at https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/covid-19-daily-video.