Governor John Bel Edwards was on-site at Ochsner’s Jefferson Parish campus this morning as the first Pfizer COVID vaccinations were administered in Louisiana. Edwards called it a historic moment.
The state received thousands of doses Sunday and by Wednesday will have received 39,000 doses total. At Ochsner they anticipate vaccinating 88 percent of their COVID unit staff this week.
The first person in the state to be vaccinated at that location Dr. Leonardo Seone (Swani), a Pulmonary Critical Care Physician who also oversaw clinical trials of the Pfizer vaccine.
The vaccine won’t be available to the general public for about another five to six months.
Vaccinations may have begun but the pandemic is certainly not over. Shreveport based Willis Knighton Dr. Jennifer Prime asks everyone to keep up their mitigation actions until their time comes for a shot, because she sees people are starting to get lax…
In this hour Louisiana’s eight Electoral College electors are meeting at the Capitol in the Senate Chamber to cast their votes for President Donald Trump. Two of the electors received at large appointments by the state GOP while the other six represent each of Louisiana’s six Congressional Districts. Public Service Commissioner Eric Skrmetta represents the 1st District…
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to end the day with 306 electoral votes and be named the next President of the United States. President Donald Trump won the state with 58 percent of the vote.