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COVID-19 response in Douglas County, Kansas (2020)

Collected by: University of Kansas

Archived since: Mar, 2020

Description:

This archive documents the response to, narrative of, and events surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic in Douglas County and at the University of Kansas. This includes the efforts of the University, county and cities governments, businesses, and the community at large. Some of the sources included in this archive are official university websites, county and city government pages, and news stories. This archive attempts to track and gather the digital response of the county, University, and their communities to the COVID-19 pandemic and the events and changes that followed. As this is still on ongoing situation, more websites are added as new information and procedures emerge

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Title: Would you get a COVID-19 vaccine? Douglas County health officials want to know

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/would-you-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-douglas-county-health-officials-want-to-know/article_bbbed1a4-1936-11eb-8650-b378af1b16c1.html

Description: The survey asks community members about their willingness to receive the vaccine. It will help health officials plan how to distribute the coronavirus vaccine, once it is available.

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Subject:   General news

Title: Updated health order: Lawrence restaurants now able to serve alcohol until 11 p.m.

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/updated-health-order-lawrence-restaurants-now-able-to-serve-alcohol-until-11-p-m/article_405b6f20-0420-11eb-96c2-0731913749f9.html

Description: Starting Friday, restaurants in Douglas County will be able to serve alcohol until 11 p.m. and close its premises by midnight.

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Subject:   General news

Title: Primary election results may be delayed Tuesday, Kansas Secretary of State says

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/primary-election-results-may-be-delayed-tuesday-kansas-secretary-of-state-says/article_a29425fc-d67a-11ea-8e62-2391e36aedb9.html

Description: Approximately 28% of Kansans will vote in the 2020 primary election. Its results may be delayed due to COVID-19 and a historically high number of mail-in ballots.

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Subject:   General news

Title: Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announces statewide mask mandate after surge in COVID-19 cases

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/kansas-gov-laura-kelly-announces-statewide-mask-mandate-after-surge-in-covid-19-cases/article_36a8e95a-29ee-11eb-8a4f-2b5c320c52c3.html

Description: Individual counties will have one week to create their own ordinance mandating the use of face masks in public spaces, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said Wednesday.

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Subject:   General news

Title: KU will possibly suspend students who don’t follow mandatory COVID-19 policies

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/ku-will-possibly-suspend-students-who-don-t-follow-mandatory-covid-19-policies/article_f3505be8-e244-11ea-b985-cf99dcb06fb5.html

Description: KU's vice provost of student affairs told students they would face consequences if they don't follow the institution's COVID-19 policies and guidelines, which includes wearing a mask on campus.

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Title: KU reports 1.14% positive rate for COVID-19 — majority of cases are in Greek life

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/ku-reports-1-14-positive-rate-for-covid-19-majority-of-cases-are-in-greek/article_62fe872c-e71c-11ea-94a3-1f50c83e62d5.html

Description: The University of Kansas confirmed 133 new cases of the coronavirus on campus, according to a message from Chancellor Douglas Girod Tuesday. KU now has 222 positive test results from its mandatory testing out of 19,452 tests received — a positive rate of 1.14%.

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Subject:   General news

Title: KU releases required COVID-19 testing plan 3 weeks before classes start

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/ku-releases-required-covid-19-testing-plan-3-weeks-before-classes-start/article_88d238c2-d768-11ea-91a4-8fab5dfd4f91.html

Description: University of Kansas leadership shared details of how each student, staff and faculty member would be tested for the coronavirus before classes start. Students who live off campus, staff and faculty are required to schedule an appointment for their test.

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Subject:   General news

Title: KU plans to distribute university-wide COVID-19 saliva test before fall semester

URL: http://www.kansan.com/news/ku-plans-to-distribute-university-wide-covid-19-saliva-test-before-fall-semester/article_c503e490-c6b9-11ea-afb2-7f972b7ba0f8.html

Description: KU leadership shared Wednesday it will roll out widespread community testing to see the spread of the virus before campus opens. The specific details of the plan — like how and when KU plans to distribute it — are unclear.

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Subject:   General news

Title: KU introduces new meeting software ahead of fall semester

URL: http://www.kansan.com/news/ku-introduces-new-meeting-software-ahead-of-fall-semester/article_c65b8a40-cc55-11ea-b62a-5710da26581a.html

Description: Students, staff and faculty members at the University of Kansas will have access to a new digital collaboration platform, called Jayhawk Cloud, in the upcoming fall semester, KU leadership said Wednesday.

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Subject:   General news

Title: KU fraternity defends bid day social gathering following viral video

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/ku-fraternity-defends-bid-day-social-gathering-following-viral-video/article_bec17364-e5c1-11ea-b694-b3d70aed16ba.html

Description: The Kappa Sigma fraternity at the University of Kansas issued a statement in response to a viral video showing members yelling at a man who drove into a parking lot near their chapter house during sorority bid day festivities.

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Subject:   General news

Title: KU enrollment system down as registrar adjusts fall course schedules

URL: http://www.kansan.com/news/ku-enrollment-system-down-as-registrar-adjusts-fall-course-schedules/article_43574280-caaa-11ea-928a-d7442fed3647.html

Description: The University of Kansas' enrollment system is down this week as the registrar's office makes schedule changes to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the fall. Enroll & Pay's full functionality will return 7 a.m. on Aug. 3.

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Subject:   General news

Title: KU confirms 89 COVID-19 cases ahead of fall semester

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/ku-confirms-89-covid-19-cases-ahead-of-fall-semester/article_fad46fc4-e2ff-11ea-967f-93dabc271aed.html

Description: Chancellor Douglas Girod shared the first round of results from The University of Kansas' COVID-19 surveillance testing. So far, 89 individuals have tested positive for the coronavirus.

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Subject:   General news

Title: KU Interfraternity Council temporarily bans social events

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/ku-interfraternity-council-temporarily-bans-social-events/article_d4d1aec4-e3fc-11ea-8eca-1763232a0509.html

Description: All social gatherings involving fraternities at the University of Kansas are prohibited until further notice, the KU Interfraternity Council announced in a news release Friday.

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Subject:   General news

Title: Housed Greek life quarantine and social distancing plans vary in detail

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/housed-greek-life-quarantine-and-social-distancing-plans-vary-in-detail/article_a6ff8cf6-e711-11ea-a824-bfd56b29af72.html

Description: Each chapter of Greek life at the University of Kansas implemented new and varying plans to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus at the request of Sorority and Fraternity Life leadership.

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Subject:   General news

Title: Douglas County health officials issue quarantine orders for 9 KU Greek houses

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/douglas-county-health-officials-issue-quarantine-orders-for-9-ku-greek-houses/article_4959f442-e806-11ea-9929-37900340923a.html

Description: Douglas County health officials issued a quarantine order for nine Greek life chapter houses at the University of Kansas Wednesday. They are in the process of adding another house, bringing the total to 10.

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Subject:   General news

Title: Douglas County health officials add sorority to quarantine order, remove 2 chapter houses

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/douglas-county-health-officials-add-sorority-to-quarantine-order-remove-2-chapter-houses/article_0a9a159c-e8a7-11ea-b45a-f388fe339ca9.html

Description: Local health officials added one sorority, Pi Beta Phi, to its list of University of Kansas Greek houses placed under quarantine. Officials also removed one sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, and one fraternity, Phi Kappa Psi, from the list.

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Subject:   General news

Title: Douglas County adds roughly 100 confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the weekend

URL: http://www.kansan.com/news/douglas-county-adds-roughly-100-confirmed-cases-of-covid-19-over-the-weekend/article_30704fb6-bfd5-11ea-a6e3-e39e72e5e5f1.html

Description: Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health confirmed there were 103 new cases of the coronavirus since Friday. Many recent cases stemmed from bar environments.

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Subject:   General news

Title: City Commission passes ordinance to enforce health orders amid COVID-19 pandemic

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/city-commission-passes-ordinance-to-enforce-health-orders-amid-covid-19-pandemic/article_097232ae-f94a-11ea-ac95-77648dcb7b95.html

Description: The Lawrence City Commission passed an ordinance that makes violating public health orders amid the COVID-19 pandemic a municipal offense at a special meeting Thursday night.

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Subject:   General news

Title: Chancellor: KU faces $47.6 million budget shortfall for current fiscal year

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/chancellor-ku-faces-47-6-million-budget-shortfall-for-current-fiscal-year/article_a718edf4-1ace-11eb-a57a-4703d73ee0d0.html

Description: The estimated $47.6 million budget shortfall for KU is a decrease from the $120 million shortfall predicted in May.

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Subject:   General news

Title: COVID-19 updates: KU confirms 252 new cases, with an overall 2.18% positivity rate

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/covid-19-updates-ku-confirms-252-new-cases-with-an-overall-2-18-positivity-rate/article_054405bc-e974-11ea-b761-0f04144cb7a8.html

Description: The University of Kansas has at least 474 cases of the coronavirus, according to surveillance testing results Chancellor Douglas Girod released Friday.

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Subject:   General news

Title: COVID-19 updates: Douglas County surpasses 2,000 total cases of the coronavirus

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/covid-19-updates-douglas-county-surpasses-2-000-total-cases-of-the-coronavirus/article_a063a682-fc44-11ea-8d5f-cb9164cb177a.html

Description: Douglas County's coronavirus cases rose to 2,084 total since the pandemic began. Since Friday, 88 new cases were reported.

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Subject:   General news

Title: COVID-19 updates: Douglas County reports tenth coronavirus-related death

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/covid-19-updates-douglas-county-reports-tenth-coronavirus-related-death/article_9f616094-f479-11ea-9795-4f4473c7d9c9.html

Description: Health officials confirmed a woman over the age of 85 as the latest coronavirus-related death in Douglas County on Friday. There have been 31 new confirmed cases in the county since Thursday.

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Subject:   General news

Title: COVID-19 updates: Douglas County reports first two coronavirus-related deaths

URL: http://www.kansan.com/news/covid-19-updates-douglas-county-reports-first-two-coronavirus-related-deaths/article_db78885e-cc66-11ea-bf66-d36aa5192013.html

Description: These are the first coronavirus-related deaths in Douglas County since the pandemic began. The county has 542 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

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Subject:   General news

Title: COVID-19 updates: Douglas County reports 17 new cases since Tuesday

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/covid-19-updates-douglas-county-reports-17-new-cases-since-tuesday/article_39f28c58-f864-11ea-b86a-6749e5cffb26.html

Description: Douglas County confirmed 17 new COVID-19 cases, moving the county total to 764 active cases, health officials said Wednesday. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to at least 1,952 in Douglas County.

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Subject:   General news

Title: COVID-19 updates: Douglas County exceeds 500 confirmed cases

URL: http://www.kansan.com/news/covid-19-updates-douglas-county-exceeds-500-confirmed-cases/article_ac8f4626-cac3-11ea-9cfe-8bd4017460fc.html

Description: Douglas County added 32 confirmed cases of the coronavirus over the weekend, bringing the county case total above 500, local health officials said Monday.

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Subject:   General news

Title: COVID-19 updates: Douglas County confirms 72 new cases Monday

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/covid-19-updates-douglas-county-confirms-72-new-cases-monday/article_0cba946a-f6d9-11ea-a0d1-3736d3e3eb59.html

Description: Douglas County has at least 752 active cases of COVID-19 and 10 reported deaths related to the coronavirus.

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Subject:   General news

Title: COVID-19 updates: Douglas County confirms 51 new cases since Friday

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/covid-19-updates-douglas-county-confirms-51-new-cases-since-friday/article_a14cc4d2-0754-11eb-b5db-1fa822e4f3d6.html

Description: Douglas County confirmed 51 new cases of the coronavirus since Friday. There are at least 395 active cases in the county.

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Subject:   General news

Title: COVID-19 updates: Douglas County confirms 2 new deaths, 222 new cases since Friday

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/covid-19-updates-douglas-county-confirms-2-new-deaths-222-new-cases-since-friday/article_9a46694a-2dd8-11eb-8b07-0778a2e157c0.html

Description: There are at least 1,152 active cases of COVID-19 in Douglas County, local health officials said Monday.

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Subject:   General news

Title: COVID-19 updates: Douglas County confirms 109 cases since Friday

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/covid-19-updates-douglas-county-confirms-109-cases-since-friday/article_a05e29a8-01d7-11eb-83df-5fb8804dce7b.html

Description: Douglas County has added 109 new cases since Friday. There are at least 530 active cases in Douglas County.

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Subject:   General news

Title: COVID-19 updates: Douglas County confirms 1 new death, 43 new cases since Friday

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/covid-19-updates-douglas-county-confirms-1-new-death-43-new-cases-since-friday/article_f68c113a-17d7-11eb-8a2f-8b5c9ea3fadd.html

Description: There are at least 300 active cases of the coronavirus in Douglas County as of Monday, health officials said in an update.

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Subject:   General news

Title: COVID-19 updates: Douglas County adds 52 confirmed cases since Friday

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/covid-19-updates-douglas-county-adds-52-confirmed-cases-since-friday/article_1b289d36-0cd1-11eb-a7bb-2f6aaeb86d54.html

Description: There are currently at least 367 active cases of COVID-19 in Douglas County, according to local health officials.

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Subject:   General news

Title: COVID-19 updates: Douglas County adds 46 cases Friday

URL: http://www.kansan.com/news/covid-19-updates-douglas-county-adds-46-cases-friday/article_ba6e0f2a-cde3-11ea-8517-fbbbce8539e2.html

Description: Douglas County added 46 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus since Wednesday, local health officials said Friday. The county now has 588 confirmed cases and two reported deaths, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health.

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Subject:   General news

Title: COVID-19 updates: Douglas County adds 38 new cases Friday

URL: http://www.kansan.com/news/covid-19-updates-douglas-county-adds-38-new-cases-friday/article_b582e078-c2f1-11ea-84b6-ef859e593b7c.html

Description: Douglas County now has at least 415 cases of COVID-19, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health.

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Subject:   General news

Title: COVID-19 updates: Douglas County adds 23 new confirmed cases

URL: http://www.kansan.com/news/covid-19-updates-douglas-county-adds-23-new-confirmed-cases/article_b868bc12-c162-11ea-b3b6-cfe5ecd399c5.html

Description: Since Monday, Douglas County confirmed 23 new cases of the coronavirus. There were 377 confirmed cases of the coronavirus.

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Subject:   General news

Title: COVID-19 updates: Douglas County adds 173 cases since Friday

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/covid-19-updates-douglas-county-adds-173-cases-since-friday/article_eb213050-f216-11ea-8491-b3610501803f.html

Description: Douglas County health officials said 717 of the confirmed cases are currently active. Around 1,000 people in the 18-24 age demographic have tested positive, nearly five times the amount in the next highest range.

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Subject:   General news

Title: COVID-19 updates: Douglas County adds 128 new cases after KU surveillance testing

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/covid-19-updates-douglas-county-adds-128-new-cases-after-ku-surveillance-testing/article_314f3576-e65b-11ea-a3e9-6789b76675ab.html

Description: Douglas County has confirmed over 1,000 cases of the coronavirus. Of those cases, 223 are currently active.

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Subject:   General news

Title: COVID-19 updates: Douglas County adds 12 cases Friday

URL: http://www.kansan.com/news/covid-19-updates-douglas-county-adds-12-cases-friday/article_6de4ebbc-c86e-11ea-86de-772f0d5e5dbc.html

Description: Douglas County added 12 confirmed cases of the coronavirus Friday, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health. There are now at least 494 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Douglas County.

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Subject:   General news

Title: COVID-19 updates: Cases increase by 48 in Douglas County, exceed 20,000 in Kansas

URL: http://www.kansan.com/news/covid-19-updates-cases-increase-by-48-in-douglas-county-exceed-20-000-in-kansas/article_588d8a5e-c548-11ea-a708-b3f26291c27b.html

Description: Douglas County added 48 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus since Friday afternoon, according to an update from local health officials Monday. Officials also said the statewide total of confirmed cases exceeded 20,000.

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Subject:   General news

Title: COVID-19 safety precautions may lead to election results delay

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/covid-19-safety-precautions-may-lead-to-election-results-delay/article_c6d668ba-1d85-11eb-bd34-4b7e3b99e009.html

Description: Election results may be delayed election night due to safety precautions and a historically high number of advanced and mail-in ballots, Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab says.

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Subject:   General news

Title: A second popular KU college bar, The Bull, identified as COVID-19 outbreak site

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/a-second-popular-ku-college-bar-the-bull-identified-as-covid-19-outbreak-site/article_e3d3af94-bd96-11ea-b0a2-135951b25781.html

Description: Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health is asking individuals who recently attended Bullwinkles Bar to monitor for symptoms of the coronavirus.

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