Johnson County health official outlines multilingual heat‑safety messaging for World Cup visitors

A Johnson County Department of Health and Environment official said the department is coordinating with local health departments to produce multilingual public‑health messages for teams and fans visiting Kansas City during the World Cup, and stressed the need to display temperatures in both Fahrenheit and Celsius.

The official said public information staff have been working with “all of the local health departments to create public health messaging in the languages most commonly spoken by the teams and fans that will be visiting Kansas City during the World Cup.” The official warned that local conditions—"94° F"—can be experienced very differently by visitors used to Celsius and urged dual labeling so visitors understand heat risks.

Officials provided no specific list of languages, distribution plans, or timing for the messages during the recorded remarks. The department framed the effort as an outreach and safety measure to help visitors enjoy the games while avoiding heat‑related illness. "We want everyone to enjoy the games and we want them to be safe," the official said.

No formal policy action or vote was recorded in the transcript; the remarks were informational and described ongoing coordination rather than a final decision or program adoption.