Testing for the novel coronavirus will be reduced in Johnson County, which has reached the point where the virus is spreading by community transmission, state officials said Wednesday.
The county has the most presumed positive cases of COVID-19 in the state with 12. Five of those cases, Kansas Secretary of Health and Education Lee Norman said, involved people who did not contract the disease through travel or contact with known patients.
Because of this, and because of a limited supply of test kits, Norman said, there will be a “fundamental change” in the public health approach there.
(Read more: KC Star Local News)
