Live Breaking News & Updates on Shawnee County Health Officer Erin

Shawnee County hasn t seen a spike in COVID-19 cases because of the U.K. variant. Here s what we know.
Blaise Mesa, Topeka Capital-Journal
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Erin Locke, Shawnee County health officer, presents over concerns regarding four COVID-19 varients during Thursday s county commission meeting.
Shawnee County commissioners took the teeth out of the authority of the county s mask mandate on March 29, one day before the B.1.1.7, or U.K., variant surfaced in the county.
Bad timing, said Dusty Nichols, incident commander for Shawnee County’s COVID-19 response team.
One day later, Shawnee County reported three cases of the U.K. variant. That number has risen to 34 confirmed cases as of Thursday. The mask mandate officially expired at 12:01 a.m. April 16. ....

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