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.
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.
Mass vaccination will act as a dry run for a COVID-19 vaccine distribution, an LDH official told The Lens.
The draft is under review by Gov. John Bel Edwards’ office. It is due to the CDC this month.
A guide to finding and getting a test in New Orleans.
In one case, employees of a New Orleans nonprofit say they have not been allowed to work from home after potential exposure. And a complaint to LDH over the summer went nowhere.
