Governor Edwards declares a state of emergency in response to Sunday’s severe weather outbreak that damaged an estimated 200 to 300 homes in the Monroe area. 30-million dollars in damage has reportedly been done to planes at the Monroe Regional Airport, which is closed. Thousands are without power along the I-20 corridor, but no fatalities reported.

LSU Health Shreveport is recruiting patients that have recovered from COVID-19 to be plasma donors to help critically ill patients. Brooke Thorington explains.
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Senator Bill Cassidy says the feds are drawing up plans to conduct mass coronavirus immunity testing as one way to expedite a return to normal life. Cassidy says for life to return to normal before a vaccine is created, we need to know who is and is not a potential coronavirus carrier.
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Immunity is thought to last for at least a year.

A survey of the state’s childcare providers shows that roughly a third of childcare facilities that closed do not see a path to reopening. Louisiana Policy Institute for Children Executive Director Libbie Sonnier-Netto says a majority of childcare centers have reported losing revenue.
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Sonnier-Netto says over 90% of childcare providers indicated grants could be used to pay employees during the closures and would support their response to COVID-19 both now and in the future to the pandemic.