Slowed plans for Wyandotte County due to increased cases

Numbers rising in the metro have affected the county, now slowing down plans for its reopening.

An increase in COVID-19 cases has caused concern among health official, who are now planning to slow down reopening plans in Wyandotte County.

The county’s Chief Epidemiologist, Elizabeth Groenweghe, said that the number of new cases had begun to stabilize before June 8, when Wyandotte County entered Phase 3 in their reopening plan, according to a news report from Fox 4.

The stable numbers was something officials were hoping would remain a trend, however this week changed as new data showed otherwise.

“We think people are seeing more places reopening and people are so eager to get back to a sense of normalcy, that they are starting to relax on safety measures,” Dr. Allen Greiner, Chief Medical Officer with the Unified Government said.

With new numbers in, Greiner said the county will not be phasing out restrictions, but rather consider increasing restrictions if the number of cases continues to climb.

“At this point, we are set to stay in Phase 3 of reopening until at least June 22. If we continue to see our numbers going up, we will likely have to stay in Phase 3 for a while longer,” Greiner said to Fox 4. “If we see a large enough spike, we will, unfortunately, have to consider going back to a more restrictive phase.”