An advisory panel on Thursday recommended the agency approve an emergency use authorization. Frontline healthcare workers would be the first to be vaccinated.
Statewide reporting on rapid tests is spotty.
The lack of certainty on federal support can hamper the state's ability to respond to the crisis.
Losing the support is anticipated to reduce city’s daily testing capacity by several hundred.
The return comes as similar reality shows face national scrutiny over exploitation. And COVID-19 could pose further challenges.
Meanwhile, the city is bracing to lose National Guard testing support
Metro New Orleans testing and treatment hub reports that its tests are down nearly 90 percent from an average year.
Legislators reportedly have enough signatures to suspend COVID-19 restrictions. Edwards had not yet received a copy by Friday afternoon.
Mass vaccination will act as a dry run for a COVID-19 vaccine distribution, an LDH official told The Lens.
State has only committed $53 million in CARES Act reimbursement money to the city, out of what officials say are $200 million in qualifying expenses. Legislators respond by saying Cantrell should reopen more quickly.
