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While Louisiana has seen positive, improving trends statewide in terms of new case growth and new hospitalizations, in several regions across the state, new cases and hospitalizations continue to increase or to remain at an elevated plateau. The White House criteria calls for declining COVID-19-like illnesses, declining case numbers and declining hospitalizations.
The pandemic influenza and Novel Viral Respiratory Plan disease threat has the potential to rapidly cause illness in a very large number of people, which could easily overwhelm health systems. A pandemic outbreak could jeopardize essential community services by causing high levels of absenteeism in critical positions in every workforce. Basic services, such as public health, healthcare, law enforcement, fire, emergency response, communications, transportation, and utilities could be disrupted during an influenza pandemic. The pandemic, unlike many other emergency events, could last for several weeks or months with possible waves of illness. This disease threat could occur simultaneously across the United States presenting significant resource challenges including personnel, supplies, and equipment.
The Louisiana Department of Health has updated its website to reflect the latest number of COVID-19 positives and will continue to update its website at noon each day.
This Emergency Order shall continue all below previously issued LDH Notices and Orders and shall remain in effect until 11:59 p.m. on May 15, 2020, but may be further extended by subsequent order of the State Health Officer.
The Louisiana Department of Health has updated its website to reflect the latest number of COVID-19 positives and will continue to update its website at noon each day.
The Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health, STD/HIV/Hepatitis Program is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for qualified proposers to provide administrative and fiduciary services for the statewide Health Insurance Program (HIP) for persons living with a Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Louisiana. The goal of HIP is to provide low-income People Living With HIV (PLWH) with assistance paying their health insurance premiums and eligible cost-shares, including co-payments, co-insurance and deductibles. This program assists individuals by maintaining access to healthcare through their current providers while allowing for flexibility in accessing more options in healthcare services through wide provider networks.
Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced he will extend Louisiana's Stay at Home order until May 15 to continue to slow the spread of COVID-19. Louisiana does not currently meet the White House criteria for entering Phase One of reopening.
The Louisiana Department of Health has updated its website to reflect the latest number of COVID-19 positives and will continue to update its website at noon each day.
Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that he is making $500,000 from the Governor's COVID-19 Response Fund available to the Louisiana COVID-19 Health Equity Taskforce to examine the causes and possible solutions to the high rate of deaths from the coronavirus within Louisiana's African-American community and other impacted populations.
The Louisiana Department of Health has updated its website to reflect the latest number of COVID-19 positives and will continue to update its website at noon each day.
The Louisiana Morbidity Report is published bi-month by the Office of Public Health/Infectious Disease Epidemiology Section. Publication has ceased indefinitely due to COVID-19 response. For more information contact epidemiology at P.O. Box 60630, New Orleans, LA 70160 - Phone: (504) 568-8313, Email: [email protected].
The Louisiana Department of Health on Wednesday has launched a pilot in Baton Rouge, in response to COVID-19 to help facilities with acute healthcare staffing shortages fill those vacancies with qualified candidates who are otherwise out of work.