The CDC is begging pregnant women to get vaccinated, citing data that shows expecting mothers are at a high risk of suffering severe COVID cases. Matt Doyle has more.
The Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff’s Office says a boating incident that injured three children tubing on False River Sunday has been turned over to state wildlife and fisheries. Sheriff Rene Thibodeaux says two of the children required medical treatment and one was flown to a hospital after they were hit by a pontoon boat. Pending the outcome of the investigation criminal charges could be filed.
As schools reopen in Louisiana there could be a decrease in attendance as more parents are choosing to home school their children, it’s been a growing trend since the pandemic began in 2020. Homeschool Louisiana President Chris Chin says the U-S Census conducted two historic surveys last year on homeschooling and the increase is significant.
Health officials say it’s the Delta variant of COVID that is responsible for a majority of breakthrough cases among the vaccinated. Ochsner Health Director of Hospital Quality Dr. Sandra Kemmerly says there’s another trend in breakthrough cases when someone was inoculated in the vaccine rollout.