8 a.m. Monday COVID-19 update

ALSO NEW THIS MORNING IN JACKSONCOUNTY JUST ANNOUNCED A NEWPROPOSED INITIATIVE TO FIGHTVACCINE HESITANCY.KEEPING SCIENCE.MATT EVANS TAKES A CLOSER.LOOK AT THE DETAILS OF THE NEWPUSH THIS MORNING.DURING TODAY’S MEETING OF THEJACKSON COUNTY LEGISLATURE.JACKSON COUNTY EXECUTIVE FRANK.WHITE WILL BE ENDORSING A 5MILLION DOLLAR PLAN TO FIGHTVACCINE HESITANCY AND ALSO TOFIGHT HEALTH CARE INEQUALITIESIN PORTIONS OF JACKSON COUNTY.THIS PROPOSAL IS CALLED OURHEALTHY.EAST SIDE BY THE WAY THAT FIVEMILLION DOLLARS COMING FROM THECOUNTY SHARE OF CARES ACTFUNDING THE MONEY WOULD BE USEDIN AREAS OF THE COUNTYIDENTIFIED BY THE CDC IS HAVINGEXCEEDINGLY HIGH SOCIALLYVULNERABILITY INDEX SCORES ANDTHEY’RE REALLY BIG GOAL OF THISPROJECT IS TO INCREASEVACCINATION AND THE USE OFPREVENTATIVE HEALTH SERVICES.ON KANSAS CITY’S EAST SIDE.THERE ARE SEVERAL FACETS OF THISAPPROACH INCLUDING ENGAGING MORETHAN 120 COMMUNITY LEADERSEQUIPPING COMMUNITY HEALTHLIAISONS WITH COVID-19EDUCATIONAL MESSAGING ANDEXPANDING VACCINATION AND HEALTHSERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY THEPROPOSAL WOULD ALSO ALLOCATEABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS TOTRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER TO OPEN UPA NEW COVID-19 TESTING ANDVACCINATION SITE ON THESOUTHEAST SIDE OF KANSAS CITY.ALSO CREATING SEVERALVACCINATION POP-UP EVENTS ANDSTAFF A CALL CENTER FOR PEOPLETO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THEVACCINES OR TO GET A VAC.SCHEDULED THE JACKSON COUNTYLEGISLATURE WILL BE MAKING ADECISION ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL.THEY’LL BE VOTING ON THATFUNDING DURING THEIR MEETING AT10 OCLOCK THIS MORNING AT THEJACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE INDOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY IF THELEGISLATURE DOES VOTE TO MOVEAHEAD WITH THIS PROPOSAL THEPLAN IS IS TO GET EVERYTHING INTHE WORKS AND TO STARTED IN LESSTHAN A MONTH ON JUNE FIRST MATTEVANS CAME TO C9 NEWS ANDMEANWHILE, THERE ARE SEVERALVACCINATION CLINICS SCHEDULEDACROSS JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURITHIS WEEK, BUT WORKERS WITH THEJACKSON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTWILL BE IN DIFFERENT CITIES.EACH DAY.UTILITIES CLINICS WILL BE ATLEAST SUMMIT AND INDEPENDENCEVACCINATIONS ARE FREE.WELCOME TO WELCOME, BUTAPPOINTMENTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE.AND THE NUMBERS ARE IN FROM LASTWEEK’S MASS EFFECT VACCINATIONEVENT IN LEE’S SUMMIT VOLUNTEERSGAVE OUT 3,800 VACCINE DOSES ANDMISSOURI NATIONAL GUARD HELP RUNTHE TWO-DAY EVENT AT LEGACY PARKALONG WITH THE JACKSON COUNTYHEALTH DEPARTMENT AND OTHERAGENCIES OF VOLUNTEERS SET UP.SEVEN LINES TO TAKE 15 CARS AT ATIME.AND WE WANT TO HELP YOU GET AVACCINE IF YOU WANT ONE YOU CANGO TO OUR WEBSITE KMBC.COM ANDYOU GET THERE.CLICK THE HOW TO