The city of Kansas City, Missouri, and Mayor Quinton Lucas have implemented a state of emergency because of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
The 21-day state of emergency will ban all events of more than 1,000 people. The purpose of the declaration is to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
There are several other provisions in the declaration.
The state of emergency information is online at https://www.kcmo.gov/Home/Components/News/News/245/625 .