Coronavirus

Retired medical providers encouraged to volunteer as COVID-19 vaccinators

To boost the speed of administering COVID-19 vaccines to the community, the Louisiana Department of Health is encouraging retired medical providers to help put shots in arms.

Louisiana Department of Health announces COVID-19 testing in Acadiana region for beginning of January

Louisiana Department of Health announces COVID-19 testing in Acadiana region for beginning of January Baton Rouge, La. (December 30, 2020) — COVID-19 testing at all Louisiana Army National Guard (LANG) sites and parish health units will be paused on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

See who gets the COVID vaccine next

Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will be available to pharmacies statewide in limited supply beginning Monday to be administered to people 70 and older and additional health care workers.

Eunice Elementary project may be nearing end

The restoration project at Eunice Elementary that began in August 2018 may be nearing an end. “We’ve been in this restoration project for quite some time at Eunice Elementary,” said Claudia Blanchard, director of operations for the St Landry Parish School Board.

The longer we’re isolated, the less productive we get

COVID-19 is getting old — particularly for employees who’ve been working from home for months. That’s the finding of a Wall Street Journal article, “Companies Start to Think Remote Work Isn’t So Great After All.

Eunice native helps build hospital expansions during coronavirus crisis

Eunice native Lisa Dies Roy is leading a company’s teams that help build field hospitals across the country in response the coronavirus COVID-19. Roy, 48, of Baton Rouge, was featured in a Wall Street Journal story published April 13. She is the daughter of Darrell and Marilyn Dies, of Eunice.

No problem with curfew, chief says

The 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. St. Landry Parish curfew is not causing any issues, according to Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot. “There are still people moving about, but we can’t stop everybody,” he said. The curfew does allow people to travel through the city and people going to work.

State news releaes related to the coronavirus

March 16, 2020
 Gov. Edwards Announces Aggressive Measures to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 BATON ROUGE — Today, Gov.

More coronavirus surfaces in Louisiiana

Louisiana has two more presumptive positive cases of the coronavirus in the New Orleans area, bringing the total to three, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Tuesday. The cases are presumptive until they are confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control.