A local health official has ordered public schools in the Kansas City, Kansas, area not to reopen their buildings until after Labor Day because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Wyandotte County Chief Medical Officer and Dr. Allen Greiner said Monday that he issued the order to give the county’s four school districts more time to prepare for the reopening of in-person classes with health and safety precautions.
His order came as Kansas reported another bad week-long spike in COVID-19-related deaths and its total number of reported coronavirus cases rose past 26,000.
The state health department said Kansas had another nine deaths since Friday to bring the total to 335.