Governor John Bel Edwards calls today a historic moment as the first frontline healthcare workers in Louisiana received the Pfizer COVID vaccine. Matt Doyle has the story…
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It’s a momentous day in Louisiana as the first COVID vaccinations are administered to healthcare workers. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Governor John Bel Edwards was on-site at Ochsner’s Jefferson Parish campus this morning as the first Pfizer COVID vaccinations were administered in Louisiana.
Edwards called it a historic moment.
The state received thousands of doses Sunday and by Wednesday will have received 39,000 doses total. Next week we’ll receive another shipment of 40,000 doses.
As Edwards spoke healthcare providers were lining up in the background receiving their shots. He called this moment the beginning of the end of the pandemic…
Ochsner anticipates being able to vaccinate 88 percent of their COVID unit staff with this first week’s allocation. Other hospitals and healthcare providers have also begun the process of administering vaccines to frontline healthcare workers.
Frontline healthcare workers are first up to get vaccinated, followed by nursing home residents and staff once the Moderna vaccine is approved. Edwards warns…
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The first COVID-19 vaccine for the state was administered this morning at Ochsner Health in New Orleans. Dr. Leonardo Seoane (Swani), a Pulmonary Critical Care Physician who also oversaw clinical trials of the Pfizer vaccine was the first to be inoculated on this historic day.
According to the CDC, Blacks, American Indians, and Latinos are 2.7 times more likely to die from COVID compared to whites.
Dr. Obinna Nnedu (Oh-bee Nah-doo) an Infectious Disease Senior Physician at Ochsner was among the first physicians to receive the Pfizer vaccine, he wanted to reassure the public that might be apprehensive about the vaccine.
Dr. Robert Hart, Chief Medical Officer at Ochsner reminded those who were vaccinated today to follow up in 21 days with the second shot to receive maximum protection which has been shown to be 95-percent effective with the booster shot.
The general public is expected to receive vaccinations next spring.
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Louisiana’s eight Electoral College electors cast their ballots for President Donald Trump at the Capitol today.
States across the country are certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s win. With that happening, State GOP Chairman Louis Gervich looked towards the future…
Biden is expected to receive 306 electoral votes today barring any faithless electors. The United States Supreme Court over the weekend and earlier today rejected President Trump’s legal efforts to overturn the results in certain battleground states won by Biden.
Party member Ross Little Jr. celebrated President Trump’s last four years. He noted the Trump campaign visited Louisiana in 2016 during the great flood despite it not being a battleground.
For about four and a half minutes Little Jr. named a list of accomplishments Trump should be celebrated for starting with…
Trump won the state this year with 58 and a half percent of the vote.
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Two LSU players were named SEC Players of the Week for their performance in the Tigers’ upset win over Florida. Freshman Max Johnson was named SEC Offensive Player of the Week after throwing for 239 yards and three scores. The 19-year-old says he was comfortable running the offense
Johnson has come off the bench in several games, but this was his first start…
Cade York was named Special Teams Player of the Week. He nailed a game-winning, school-record 57-yard field goal and also made two other field goals. York is glad he had the chance to make history