Gov. Laura Kelly said city or county orders requiring businesses to keep records of consumer visits was unreasonable and an alternative voluntary approach with individuals keeping a journal of their public activity might be sufficient to assist health officials with contact tracing of COVID-19. The Linn County health director issued a May 4 order requiring many businesses to record names, contact numbers and the time and date of interactions with clients, patrons or customers for at least 30 days to help find people potentially infected with the virus. In addition, officials in Kansas City, Mo., developed rules for reopening restaurants Friday that “strongly encouraged” maintenance of records on all customers who stayed in the business more than 10 minutes. “I think that’s going a little bit too far. I don’t see us doing that,” Kelly said Monday during a news briefing at the Capitol. “My gut is that that’s an awful lot to ask of people.”
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