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Kansas City rescinds mask mandate, emergency order KSHB Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas announced Friday, May 14, 2021, that the city will rescind its emergency order and mask order. and last updated 2021-05-14 11:37:55-04 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On Friday, Kansas City area jurisdictions began peeling away their pandemic health guidelines in order to better align with new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance. Thursday, the CDC issued new guidance that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a mask indoors. Masks are still required on public transit. Th...

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas lifts COVID-19 emergency order after new CDC guidance Bill Lukitsch, The Kansas City Star May 14—After the city has spent more than a year living under pandemic restrictions aimed toward stemming the spread of COVID-19, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas announced the city is fully lifting its emergency order. The mayor said the order will be rescinded by noon Friday. He added that the city will now shift its efforts toward encouraging residents to become fully vaccinated and ensuring those needing access to vaccines are able to get them. "We tha...

/ Temperature checks and limited attendance are two of the safeguards at in-person Sunday services that recently resumed at St. James United Methodist Church in Kansas City, Missouri. Addressing the mistrust and health care access problems faced by African Americans will take more than big vaccination events, some experts say. Throughout Missouri's COVID-19 vaccination efforts, data have shown wide disparities in the vaccination rates of different racial and ethnic groups — and while recent weeks have shown some improvement, many gaps remain. Although vaccine hesitancy runs high in many Af...

COVID-19 LIVE UPDATES: CDC panel endorses Pfizer's vaccine for kids 12 and up © Provided by KMBC Kansas City COVID-19 live updates The Kansas City metro area continues to reopen as more and more of the population gets the COVID-19 vaccine. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Wednesday the state has 311,338 confirmed cases of COVID-19, and there have been 5,029 deaths since the outbreak started. Overall the state said 39.7% of the population has been vaccinated with at least one dose. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Wednesday there have been 506,2...

COVID-19 LIVE UPDATES: 38.8% of population in Missouri has received at least 1 vaccine dose © Provided by KMBC Kansas City COVID-19 live updates The Kansas City metro area continues to reopen as more and more of the population gets the COVID-19 vaccine. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Monday the state has 310,927 confirmed cases of COVID-19, and there have been 5,016 deaths since the outbreak started. Overall the state said 39.5% of the population has been vaccinated with at least one dose. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Tuesday there have b...