TOPEKA —Kansas Governor Laura Kelly and KDHE Secretary Dr. Lee Norman held their press conference Monday afternoon.
The governor reported the state has launched a new coronavirus website to assist Kansans with additional information beyond medical information. It is a centralized place for resources Kansans need as the state responds to and recovers from the damage done as a result of the pandemic.
The site is ADA compliant, mobile optimized and available in Spanish. The site will also provide information on state resources to help Kansans from job openings and more.
Dr. Norman reported that a Lansing Correctional Facility inmate diagnosed with the virus died over the weekend. The man was over the age of 50 with a number of underlying health conditions, according to Norman.
He also shared that Kansas Poison control has seen approximately a 40 percent increase in cleaning chemical cases "including a man who drank a product over the weekend based on advice he'd received."
"We're doing what we can to counter-message that kind of remedy," said Norman.