Louisiana hit a somber milestone today as it reported a single-day high 129 additional deaths from COVID-19, bringing the state’s death toll past a thousand to 1,013. Governor Edwards says the virus is nothing to mess with, so it’s incumbent that residents follow the Stay at Home order…
There’s activity underway again at the PMAC on LSU’s campus but it’s not the norm. Ashley Arceneaux, Chief of Staff for the LSU President says the university community is working together to support medical providers and the facility has become a production center for PPE, like reusable gowns from billboard vinyl with locally donated materials. Arceneaux says the vinyl is donated by Lamar Advertising and Circle Graphics.
The National Weather Service has confirmed at least seven tornadoes ravaged north Louisiana on Easter Sunday. N-W-S Meteorologist Brad Bryant says the most powerful twister started in West Monroe and traveled for about eight miles.Unlike neighboring Mississippi, Louisiana had no fatalities from the storm activity. Bryant says it is surprising that there was no loss of life in the state.
LSU Health New Orleans has enrolled its first patient in a clinical trial that will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine alone or with Azithromycin as a treatment for COVID-19. Patients will be sorted into three groups that either get the treatment or don’t, and Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Meredith Clement says once admitted…
Patients receiving the treatment will do so for five days.