A spokesman for Cephied, the California company that developed the test, which has a detection time of about 45 minutes, confirmed to me that some of its testing machines are already in the state.
Mitigation was the talk of the evening. State officials compared Louisiana’s current situation to the 2016 floods.
We still don’t really know the extent of COVID-19’s presence in Lafayette. As Lafayette catches up on testing, it’s likely we’ll see many more cases.
All 1,263 employees at Stuller Inc.’s global headquarters on Rue Louis XIV are being sent home today at 5 p.m. as a result of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ “stay at home” order announced Sunday, according to founder Matt Stuller. Employees will receive paychecks and full benefits through April 12, the order’s expiration date.
At both Lafayette General and Lourdes, which owns Women’s & Children’s, you are still allowed to have one person with you during childbirth.
The district released a statement Friday that pickup hours would be from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. beginning Monday.
Meal pickup is available at 15 schools across the district.
The schools include:
Effective immediately, families of essential critical infrastructure workers are eligible for CCAP, and their applications will be expedited.
“It’s crippling right now,” Acadia Parish crawfish producer Gerard Frey said. “We’ve never faced anything like it. We can only sell 10% or 15% of what we catch.”
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Louisiana increased over the past 24 hours from 837 to 1,172 with 14 additional deaths, bringing the total deaths to 34.In Lafayette, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals as of noon Monday is reporting nine coronavirus cases, up from six Sunday.
The gist: In an emergency press conference called today, John Bel Edwards pulled the trigger on the awaited, “Stay at Home” order that several other states enacted. According to the order, which will begin at 5 p.m. on Monday, March 23, all non-essential businesses will close to the public.
The jail population has been reduced by at least 60 inmates in the past week, because of the efforts of judges, lawyers and the D.A.’s office, all of whom are working together for the early release of prisoners. Some individuals are bonding out, pleading to time served or probated sentences, or having probation/parole hold lifted.
We’ve seen alarms go up in New Orleans, where hospital staff are staring down a wave. The reality is some hospitals run near capacity when there isn’t a pandemic around.
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