COVID-19 news: KU doctor to make national appearance, more cases reported
A local physician will appear Saturday night on a televised event supporting the fight against the new coronavirus that is expected to reach millions of viewers.
The two-hour “One World: Together At Home” show will air at 7 p.m. simultaneously on ABC, NBC, CBS, iHeartMedia and Bell Media networks, as well as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Yahoo and several other digital outlets.
Dana Hawkinson, medical director of infectious prevention and control for the University of Kansas Health System, will be featured along with celebrities including Lady Gaga, the Rolling Stones, Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift.
Hawkinson and his colleague Steve Stites have become high-profile COVID-19 experts in Kansas City. Together they brief the media daily about the disease’s grip on the area.
Kansas has reported 1,790 cases including 86 deaths. Missouri has 5,517 cases including 175 deaths.
Four of Missouri’s deaths have occurred at Meadow View Health & Rehabilitation in Harrisonville.
A cluster of cases was also identified at the Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, where 58 people have tested positive.
The Kansas City metro area has more than 1,500 cases.
