Graduate medical programs at the university attracted national attention earlier this year following the suspension of Dr. Princess Dennar.
Letters sent this month are an early step in winding down pandemic programs.
Fewer than 40 percent of state residents have received their first shots, among the lowest rates in the country.
The program has provided meals to thousands of New Orleans residents since it began last summer.
Summer school surveillance testing could provide a window into continuing cases.
As vaccination rates remain low, possibility of further outbreaks remain.
The city sent out an email on Friday saying that the federally funded program, which has fed more than 10,000 people, would come to an end this month. But an official said that email was 'premature.' Still, the city now plans to end the program after June.
There are now seven confirmed P.1 variant cases in the state. The agency has not published data on exactly where the most recently reported cases were found.
Earlier in the week, Gov. John Bel Edwards ended the statewide mask mandate.
Food workers are considered essential employees and have experienced some of the worst outbreaks the state has seen. But they were not part of the state’s earliest eligibility groups.
