Governor John Bel Edwards has extended Phase 2 coronavirus restrictions for another 28 days and he’s urging businesses to have their employees work from home if possible…
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Edwards says every region of the state has a positivity rate above ten percent. The governor says there is a light at the end of the tunnel and that is the vaccine.

The state health department reports just under 140-thousand COVID-19 vaccines have been administered. State health officer Doctor Joe Kanter says 210 pharmacies and other providers received over 38-thousand doses of the vaccine this week, but unfortunately…
cut 10 (09) “…next week”
He says that’s due to the slow pace of vaccine allocations by the feds. This week the number spiked as Louisiana freed up more vaccines held in reserve.

A study of NCAA athletes and the length of COVID quarantine supports the CDC revised quarantine guidelines from 14 to 10 days after a negative test on the 5th day or later. Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at LSU Health New Orleans Dr. Catherine O’Neal co-authored the study.
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The analysis showed that nearly 49-percent of the positive test results occurred by day two of quarantine and by day five for 73-percent of the athletes.