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Kansas governor extends stay-at-home order until May 3

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NewsBrian Grimmett / Kansas News ServiceKansas Gov. Laura Kelly has extended a statewide stay-at-home order until midnight on May 3 to help prevent the spread of the .The governor made the announcement during her Wednesday afternoon. The order was originally slated to end this Sunday, April 19."Unfortunately, cases continue to increase, and new counties continue to have confirmed cases," Gov. Kelly said. "Internal and external modeling predict a peak somewhere between the 19th and 29th of April."Kelly said the state needs to see a reduction in the number of cases for 14 days before social gathering restriction can be relaxed.&nbsp;The order&nbsp;means people should not leave their homes except for essential business, and residents cannot gather in groups larger than 10.Kelly said she called a teleconference meeting with top Kansas legislators Wednesday to consider aid for hospitals and funding to cover costs associated with the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.The Democratic governor scheduled the session with legislative leaders only four days after successfully thwarting top Republicans’ attempt to revoke an order limiting in-person worship services and other religious gatherings to 10 or fewer people. She’s also faced GOP criticism as the state Department of Labor has struggled to handle a huge surge in unemployment claims from jobless workers.&nbsp;The Associated Press contributed to this update.Previous story:Kansans will likely be asked to stay at home beyond this Sunday to slow the spread of the&nbsp;coronavirus.According to the , Gov. Laura Kelly’s said Wednesday morning&nbsp;that she’ll probably extend her executive order that all but shut down a wide range of businesses across the state.&nbsp;The stay-at-home order was slated to end&nbsp;April 19.“My expectation is that we will extend. We will announce that later today,” Kelly said.Gov. Kelly and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment have a regularly scheduled briefing at 2 p.m. Watch it on KAKE-TV,&nbsp; or on the .The News Service reports the order&nbsp;means people should not leave their homes except for essential business — work, grocery shopping, seeking medical care or taking care of family or friends who are in need. People can exercise outside, but cannot gather in groups larger than 10.The state has more than 1,400 confirmed cases of COVID-19, more than 300 hospitalizations and about 70 deaths from the virus.Kelly defended the possibility of extending her executive order and being the first governor in the country to close schools for the remainder of the academic year.“The states that closed down the schools the earliest … those states were able to bend the curve, flatten the curve,” the governor said. “Yes, we have too many cases, and we have way too many deaths, but I think it would have been far worse if we had not acted aggressively.”See more from the Kansas News Service .All content © copyright KAKE.All Rights Reserved. For more information on this site, please read our , , and .

NewsBrian Grimmett / Kansas News ServiceKansas Gov. Laura Kelly has extended a statewide stay-at-home order until midnight on May 3 to help prevent the spread of the .The governor made the announcement during her Wednesday afternoon. The order was originally slated to end this Sunday, April 19."Unfortunately, cases continue to increase, and new counties continue to have confirmed cases," Gov. Kelly said. "Internal and external modeling predict a peak somewhere between the 19th and 29th of April."Kelly said the state needs to see a reduction in the number of cases for 14 days before social...

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