and last updated 2021-07-06 18:29:55-04
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â The COVID-19 delta variant is in the Kansas City metro, but it's not impacting local hospitals the same way it is in other parts of Missouri, according to local health department leaders.
"It is a concern that something like what happened in Springfield, could happen here," said Hannah Conner, an epidemiologist with the Wyandotte County Health Department, "but I think that because there is such a high percent of people who are the most high risk, like people who are 65 and up, that are vaccinated, I think that's going to be really helpful.