"By the top of last week, New Orleans had the second-highest rate of cases per capita in the country, after Seattle. Our economic vulnerability ranks third among the 100 largest metro areas in the United States, after Las Vegas and Orlando. Yet, for whatever reason, it doesn’t rank anywhere near those numbers in national news coverage of the crisis."
UMC employee concerned about health, reports sharing gear with other staff.
Watchdog group says that public access is a “constitutional and traditional right, especially during these critical times.”
Layoffs are related to advertising losses due to the coronavirus pandemic. Executives say they hope the cuts are temporary.
Panic and anxiety are two emotions experienced with the coronavirus pandemic. Both are underlying characteristics in a grief cycle. And self-isolation or self-quarantine may cause depression or denial of social responsibility to slow the spread of the virus.
A UMC employee says that supplies there are fine for now, but worries about what could come.
Order goes into effect at 5 p.m. Monday.
Tests for the public begin Sunday.
We talk with a likely sick resident about slow testing, Russel Honore, Dr. MarkAlain Dery and our staff reporters about covering the crisis.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell held a news conference at 4:00 PM Friday to discuss city measures to counter the spread of the coronavirus in New Orleans. We provide this clip of the mayor and Health Commissioner Jennifer Avegno for our podcast listeners.
