Louisiana Department of Health is now working with the statewide 211 network to answer questions about the coronavirus outbreak. Office of Public Health Assistant Secretary Alex Billioux says the 211 service is one of the most trusted points of information for the public when it comes to health and human services.
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Roughly 24-thousand people were warned in mid-February they could lose Medicaid eligibility due to income requirements, with those cancelations set to happen mid-March. Louisiana Budget Project Executive Director Jan (Yan) Moller says it would be hard to find a worse time to kick people off of Medicaid. He’s calling for the program to freeze all coverage suspensions.
While coronavirus testing availability may be limited, Surgeon General Jerome Adams feels confident Louisiana has enough testing available in the state
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At least four people in three different southeastern states have tested positive for COVID-19 after attending Mardi Gras events in New Orleans according to various authorities. The Arkansas Department of Health says their first presumptive case-patient likely contracted the virus during carnival events. In Shelby County, Tennessee, Health Department officials say two people tested positive after their trip and the Montgomery County, Texas, Public Health District says a woman in her 40s is presumed positive as well.