Monday’s show featured a preview of the Manhattan blood drive Monday and Tuesday with Kristi Ingalls from the American Red Cross and Daryl Strouts, who is donating for the 100th time. Dr. Stephen Higgs, Director of the Biosecurity Research Institute at K-State spoke about coronavirus and what developing a vaccine might look like going forward. We also spoke with Sunset Zoo Curator of Education Jared Bixby and Marketing/Development Officer Melissa Kirkwood.
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A revision was made Sunday to the Riley County Health Department’s ban on public gatherings of more than 10 people. All public gatherings of more than 10 people, whether indoors or outdoors, in Riley County remain prohibited unless otherwise exempted below. This second order prohibiting public gatherings shall remain in effect until at least April 4. Gyms, fitness centers, yoga studios, tattoo shops, massage therapy businesses, barber shops, nail and hair salons, and other business types that cannot be expected to maintain proper social distancing between their staff and customers. Such businesses that offer these services within a building shall…
The Greater Manhattan Community Foundation has teamed up with a number of Manhattan businesses and philanthropists to provide financial assistance to individuals whose employment has been affected by the coronavirus threat. It’s called MHK Together, an effort that GMCF President and CEO Vern Henricks says is supported by some generous donors. Blade Mages of the 502 Media Group approached Henricks with the concept, and has teamed up with a number of local businesses, as well as Shepherd’s Crossing and Konza United Way to get assistance into the hands of those that are needy The website is MHKTogether.org. Henricks will have…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas residents will be able to get medicine without an in-person visit to the doctor during the coronavirus crisis under a new executive order that Gov. Laura Kelly announced Sunday. Kelly, a Democrat, announced two new orders aimed at temporarily expanding health care access. She said in a statement that the orders “will make sure Kansas families can access needed care and supplies until we have weathered this storm.” Fifty-five cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, are now confirmed in Kansas. They include two deaths. One was announced in Johnson County on Saturday.…
The Manhattan man who became Riley County’s first patient to be tested positive for the Coronavirus is a K-State faculty member. Andrew Smith, 51, is a professor in the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism recently traveled with his famly and several journalism students to London to study abroad during spring break. Those students and family members are also quarantined in their homes. Smith’s family posted on social media Saturday that he was being treated for bilateral pneumonia and was on oxygen at Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. Riley County Health Department Director, Julie Gibbs, told KMAN Saturday that she…
Many K-State seniors are not having the final semester of college they expected. Due to safety concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, K-State has canceled commencement and moved all classes online. This makes for a tough situation for K-State seniors who left for spring break not knowing they would be seeing some of their friends and professors for possibly the last time. These seniors will also not get the chance to walk on stage and receive their diplomas in front of family and friends that it took 4 years to get. Even graduation parties are being postponed by many until the…
Director of the Riley County Health Department Julie Gibbs gives important updates on the COVID-19 outbreak in Riley county. Gibbs gives an update on the status of COVID-19 in Manhattan. https://1350kman.com/update-manhattan-man-diagnosed-with-first-case-of-covid-19-in-riley-county/ Gibbs notes that certain factors can put some people at a higher risk from the virus. Gibbs has issued an order to combat the virus. Gibbs mentions other exceptions to the ban. Also Gibbs says “above all don’t panic”. She also says to “avoid going out as much as possible”. Despite this it is still okay for Manhattan residents to go outdoors. Gibbs says “It’s okay to go…