Over 500 Ochsner Health employees are quarantining after being diagnosed with COVID-19. That’s just adding to the nursing shortage issue as hospitals struggle to care for coronavirus patients. Louisiana State Nurses Association President Ecoee Rooney says beyond the lack of nurses the pandemic has also created a major financial incentive for nurses at regional hospitals to take travel assignments.
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To entice more people to get vaccinated the city of Shreveport is giving individuals $100 to roll up their sleeve Mayor Adrian Perkins says so far there’s been lots of interest in the Saturday vaccination event since they announced the incentive, and he thinks other cities in the Bayou State will follow their lead.
Go to the City of Shreveport’s Facebook page for more information.
Louisiana’s COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force hopes to boost vaccination rates by combating vaccine hesitancy in the Black community. Tulane School of Public Health Dean Dr. Thomas LaVeist says what has happened in the past is a major driver of hesitancy among Blacks
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He says black leaders are trying to fight through the skepticism to get blacks to get the shot.
Since LA Wallet added the Covid Vaccine digital opt-in to the digital license platform earlier this year, more than 200,000 are using it. LA Wallet Project Manager Sara Kelley says if your vaccination card won’t pull up visit your physician or visit a parish health unit, anyone with LINKs system access can assist.
Your name, address, and zip code must match what is on your driver’s license.