Another COVID-19 variant has been detected in Louisiana. LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport has found the Lambda variant in seven cases in northwest Louisiana. But LSU Health Shreveport Professor of Microbiology and Immunology Jeremy Kamil says there’s no reason to believe that this new variant will bypass the vaccines that are available…
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The was a report suggesting Chinese vaccines were ineffective against Lambda in Peru, but Kamil says there’s no hard data to back that up.

There’s good economic development news for Louisiana. Canadian-based Interfor Corporation announces plans to invest eight million dollars to restart an idle sawmill near DeQuincy. Southwest Louisiana Economic Development Alliance CEO George Swift says the revived plant will support significant logging and logistics activity in the region…
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The project is expected to create 170 new jobs.

LSU faculty addressed the administration this morning over their pandemic concerns as the university plans to return to in-person instruction for most classes. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Governor John Bel Edwards says nearly 38-percent of the state’s population is vaccinated one of the lowest rates in the nation. But he says the number of people seeking a vaccine has grown by 300-percent during this surge…
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