Governor John Bel Edwards rolls out another vaccine incentive program aimed at boosting the state’s dreadfully low vaccination rate…
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Edwards also announced the final winners of the Shot at a Million vaccine incentive program Friday.
Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon issues an emergency rule to increase the state’s hospital bed capacity at 24-hour acute care hospitals as COVID patients continue to overwhelm major hospitals. The rule allows acute care hospitals to discharge recovering patients to appropriate alternative settings, freeing up beds to accept new patients.
New Orleans becomes the first city in Louisiana to mandate vaccinations or proof a negative COVID test to gain entry to indoor spaces, largely on the advice of city health officials. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Attorney General Jeff Landry calls the order illegal, saying while this is something individual businesses can require it cannot be a blanket citywide policy. He says he plans to support any lawsuit against the city’s order.