Governor Edwards holds a press conference at 2:30 today to announce whether or not Louisiana’s stay-at-home order will extend beyond this Friday. Republicans have been pressuring the governor to lift restrictions. Congressman Garret Graves says continuing the economic shutdown will produce adverse health effects outside of COVID-19…
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In an effort to help re-open the economy, the state is ready to ramp up contact tracing. Department of Health Assistant Secretary Dr. Alex Billioux…
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Billioux says contact tracers will call people that may have been in close contact with a person who just tested positive of COVID-19 and the tracers may ask that person to self-quarantine for 14 days.

State lawmakers will get a better idea of how the economic shutdown has impacted the state budget when the Revenue Estimating Conference meets at noon. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says federal dollars can possibly fill some of the budget holes, but the money comes with strings attached…
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Pinsonat says early estimates indicate the revenue shortfall could be as much as one-point-five billion dollars.

LSU Health Shreveport is now one of five sites in the world that’s participating in a clinical trial that’s trying to determine if nitric oxide can treat COVID-19 patients with mild and moderate symptoms. Principal investigator at LSU Health Shreveport, Doctor Keith Scott, is optimistic that inhaled nitric oxide can be used to reduce the number of severe cases and deaths, because…
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Scott says they will not have any concrete results until the end of the year.