coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

COVID-19 vaccination site list adds Eunice pharmacy

The initial list of sites for the first round of COVID-19 public vaccinations skipped Eunice, but a second round added the pharmarcy at Super 1. More than 100 pharmacies were added across the state on Monday.

COVID-19 vaccination site list skips Eunice

The initial list of sites for the first round of COVID-19 public vaccinations skipped Eunice, but there are two locations listed in Opelousas. Starting Monday, Louisiana received the first limited supply of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine that will be available at 107 pharmacies across the state.

Initial COVID-19 vaccination site list skips Eunice

The initial list of sites for the first round of COVID-19 public vaccinations skipped Eunice, but there are two locations listed in Opelousas. Starting Monday, Louisiana received the first limited supply of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine that will be available at 107 pharmacies across the state.

2020 review from July through January

The Eunice News is presenting a month-by-month review of 2020’s news. The review is an attempt to note major and some minor issues through the year dominated by COVID-19. The report is a continuation from Thursday’s edition.

First COVID-19 vaccinations

The first COVID-19 vaccinations were administered at Acadian Medical Center and at Opelousas General Health System on Dec. 16.

St. Landry Parish schools to begin rapid COVID-19 testing

COVID-19 test kits provided by the federal government will be available to students and staff in St. Landry Parish schools beginning Monday following a rotating schedule for school communities.

COVID-19 restrictions reimposed

Gov. John Bel Edwards imposed tighter restrictions on Wednesday as the state experienced a third surge of the coronavirus.

Parish meeting addresses soaring virus positivity rate

St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard met with several parish mayors Wednesday about the increase in positivity rates in the parish and what the impact of the modified Phase 2. The parish has experienced a second straight week of higher COVID-19 positivity percentages. For the week of Nov.

1918 brought good news amid epidemic

At Thanksgiving 1918 the Spanish flu epidemic raging across the world still had south Louisiana in its grip.

Virus fires up again

St. Landry Parish Clerk of Court Charles Jagneaux is closing his second-floor office in the Eunice Municipal Complex citing a COVID-19 outbreak. “I have decided to close the Eunice branch office until it is safe to reopen it because of the COVID pandemic.