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Husband who was intubated and stuck in Mexico airlifted back to La. Play Video
August 12, 2021 6:10 PM
UPDATE: On August 14, Yolanda Comager was able to get her husband back to Louisiana. David was flown from Mexico to Ochsner in New Orleans. He is on a ventilator but doctors tell his wife, Yolanda, that they will soon start weaning him off of sedation. Yolanda drove... more » -
Louisiana 'surge' testing sites extended as state sees testing shortages Play Video
July 16, 2020 10:09 PM
BATON ROUGE- Since July 6, at least 20,577 people have been tested at one of the five federally-funded surge testing sites in the capital area, Gov. John Bel Edwards said during his COVID-19 briefing Thursday. That total is a far cry from the 5,000 daily testing goal. With plenty... more » -
Louisiana closing in on 200k test goal for May; tracking 'reasonably well' towards phase two Play Video
May 27, 2020 9:58 PM
BATON ROUGE - With four days left in May, Louisiana is close to meeting its goal of testing 200,000 people for COVID-19 this month. As of Wednesday, 179,369 tests had been completed within the month, leaving 20,631 left to be performed. "That's a little over 5,100 tests per... more » -
Iberville Parish opening drive-thru testing center this weekend
March 31, 2020 5:58 PM
PLAQUEMINE - Officials are opening a new coronavirus testing center in Iberville Parish Saturday. Iberville Parish President Mitch Ourso Jr. announced that the new testing center will open Saturday at the Ochsner Medical Complex on LA 1 in Plaquemine. Due to the limited number of testing kits, the center... more »