The surge of COVID-19 cases hasn’t yet hit all parts of America.
Megan Kampling and her husband were only a few days into a spring break trip with their children when Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly shut down schools in an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.She works in the pharmacy department athospitals in Wichita and her husband is an officer with the Wichita Police Department, making them both essential workers who could not work remotely. But they have a 2-year-old and a kindergartner.
As of Tuesday, Kansas had 1,986 confirmed cases, including more than 40 treated at Via Christi Wichita hospitals, and 100 deaths. Modeling indicates that if Kansas experiences a surge, it would likely occur in late April and early May. Via Christi facilities and another Wichita hospital, HCA Wesley Medical Center, restricted visitors following the first reported case in the United States and canceled all elective and nonemergency surgery to expand capacity. Both have announced plans to retain and pay staff members through the crisis.
Registered nurse Trina Wilson, who volunteered for the COVID-19 unit, said a grocery store specially set up in the St. Francis cafeteria has reduced the stress of having to stop at a supermarket on her way home.
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