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Louisiana moves into Phase 3

BATON ROUGE — Following almost six weeks of improvements in Louisiana’s COVID case counts and a sustained decrease in COVID-related hospitalizations, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced today that Louisiana will move forward to Phase 3.
This will bring most COVID restrictions back to where they were last September. Louisiana’s statewide mask mandate, which has been in place since last July, will remain in place. The Governor’s new order will last for 28 days and will expire March 31, 2021.

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LDH: While not ideal, short delay in getting second COVID vaccine dose is fine

BATON ROUGE — Residents who miss their second COVID vaccine dose appointments this week can safely delay the second dose days or weeks if need be.
The CDC has said it expects this week’s severe winter weather to cause widespread delays in vaccine shipments. Louisiana is one such state feeling the impact – both first and second vaccine deliveries to the state have been delayed. Unfortunately, that means vaccine appointments and events scheduled for this week will need to be adjusted based on delivery.

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The New Iberia Research Center is home to more than 8,500 nonhuman primates and is the nation’s largest academically affiliated, nonhuman primate research center. (Photo courtesy of University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

UL Lafayette reveals role in development of historic COVID-19 vaccine

The road to the first globally available COVID-19 vaccine ran through the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Trials involving nonhuman primates at UL Lafayette’s New Iberia Research Center helped determine the effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the world’s first fully tested COVID-19 immunization approved for emergency use.
“We are so privileged to have been on the front lines of the fight against the pandemic,” said Jane Fontenot, NIRC’s director of Contract Research. “It’s very rewarding.”

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Four providers in Vermilion Parish among 378 receiving COVID vaccine

Health Department: 378 vaccine providers in all 64 parishes will receive COVID vaccine this week
Baton Rouge, La. (February 8, 2021) — This week, 378 vaccine providers across the state will receive very limited doses of COVID vaccine. These providers — including 112 chain pharmacies, 127 independent pharmacies, 52 hospitals, 15 community health centers (including 13 federally qualified health centers, or FQHCs), 6 rural health clinics (RHCs), 28 public health providers and 38 other healthcare sites — represent all nine public health regions and 64 parishes of the state.

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