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A Southeast Kansas physician shared her view of the COVID-19 pandemic from a town strained by 200 new cases in the last two weeks.
Dr. Jennifer McKenney of Fredonia, the health officer for the Wilson County Health Department, spoke Friday morning during a conference call on the pandemic with Gov. Laura Kelly and local and state officials. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported Friday that case counts in the state surpassed 200,000 with 2,341 deaths since the pandemic began. Since Wednesday, 88 more people died of COVID-19 and the virus has sickened one of every 15 Kansans.
McKenney works at Fredonia Regional Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital, and has a private practice with her father, Dr. Oswaldo Bacani. And she and her husband, Bob, who is mayor of Fredonia, have deep roots in the community.