The Governor is asking healthcare students and recent grads along with retired nurses and doctors to volunteer for the fight against coronavirus, and fast-tracking new licenses to get them into the field. Edwards says in addition to more personal protective equipment and ventilators…
Volunteers can sign up at COVID-19LAvolunteers.org.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases was questioned on Talk 107-3 in Baton Rouge about the outbreak of COVID-19 and the hard-hit area of New Orleans. A shortage of tests has proved to be a hurdle in the initial response to the coronavirus. Fauci says that’s becoming less of an issue.
Cut 7 (10) “…many more tests.”
Louisiana Economic Development opens a COVID-19 Help Desk that will provide email and hotline support for businesses impacted by the virus. LED Secretary Don Pierson says businesses can find info online at opportunitylouisiana.com
Losing a loved one is never easy, and COVID-19 is making it harder on families and friends of those recently deceased. President of Mothe (Mott) Funeral Homes Boyd Mothe Jr. says following the social distancing order is up to the family, and not every family is abiding by it at funerals and funeral homes are no stranger to the emerging lack of PPE…