LSU Health Shreveport now has the ability to conduct serology tests that check to see if a person has coronavirus immunity. Matt Doyle has more.
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This afternoon, Governor Edwards will visit LSU’s Pete Maravich Assembly Center, where university employees have been making Personal Protective Equipment for those on the frontline of the fight against COVID -19. They are using vinyl from old billboards to make gowns, facemasks are also being produced.

The news that Jazz Fest is canceling its music festival this year is another blow to the state’s tourism industry. Jazz Fest produces a 400-million dollar economic impact for the region. Other large gatherings are also off the calender for this year, but CEO of New Orleans and Company Mark Romig, the city’s visitors bureau, says they wait for the time restaurants can begin offering dine-in services again….
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The three o’ clock project has received a 50-thousand dollar grant so they can deliver hundreds of thousands of meals to children across southeast Louisiana this summer. Operation Manager for the Three O’ Clock Project Jeff Landry says they set a single-day meal distribution high this week…
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For more information go to three o’ clock project dot org.