Governor John Bel Edwards has issued a statewide Stay at Home order that will go into effect at 5 PM last until April 12th. Edwards says the order is needed because the state has the fastest growth rate of confirmed cases in the world. The order means that people should stay at home unless they are traveling to get food or medicine. Workers at grocery stores, pharmacies, doctors’ offices, and other critical infrastructure are allowed to go their job. Edwards says there will be no checkpoints or enforcement of travel restrictions, but the governor is asking people to be good neighbors and follow the order, or we will see an untenable spike in cases…
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Edwards says we are in a race against time in an effort to avoid what happened in Itay, where coronavirus cases overwhelmed their hospitals.

Governor Edwards, along with health experts and members of his administration will discuss Louisiana’s response to COVID-19 during a one-hour program that will air on radio and TV stations starting at 7 PM tonight. Kevin Barnhart has more..
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Many parents are turning to homeschooling or online learning as schools are closed for a second week. Head of Louisiana Virtual Charter Academy Daniell Scott says keep learning habits as normal as possible and set a schedule…
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