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Learn more about when to quarantine and other precautions to take for Covid-19: The Louisiana Department of Health protects and promotes health and ensures access to medical, preventive and rehabilitative services for all citizens of the State of Louisiana.
To align with National surveillance following the expiration of the Public Health Emergency (PHE) declaration, LDH will discontinue case-based surveillance for COVID-19. Surveillance for COVID-19 will now be conducted similar to how other seasonal respiratory viruses are tracked.
Everyone in Louisiana ages 6 months older is eligible to get vaccinated against COVID-19. It’s Safe & Effective Vaccines are authorized for use by the FDA, meaning clinical trials have proven the vaccines as a safe and effective defense against COVID-19.
COVID-19 cases, emergency department visits and hospitalizations are sharply increasing throughout Louisiana, the department says. These alarming increases are attributable to the Omicron...
BATON ROUGE, La. (KSLA) - The following information was provided by the Louisiana Department of Health: Effective immediately, booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are available to adults at increased risk, following new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
“We welcome and adopt the new guidance from CDC that makes COVID-19 vaccine booster shots available to many more Louisianans at high risk of COVID-19 exposure and severe outcomes,” said State Health Officer Dr. Joseph Kanter.
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) has launched a new dashboard on its website comparing COVID-19 cases, deaths, vaccinations, and populations by parish.
The Louisiana Department of Health first identified areas that did not have a traditional healthcare provider or that did not have pharmacies that provided vaccines. Businesses, schools, and other organizations could sign up to request that a mobile vaccination strike team provide an event.
If you have questions about coronavirus, please contact the Louisiana 211 Network by dialing dial 211. Or, you can text the keyword LACOVID to 898-211 for the most current information about the outbreak as it becomes available.
Everyone aged 5 years and older should get 1 dose of an updated COVID-19 vaccine to protect against serious illness from COVID-19. Children aged 6 months–4 years need multiple doses of COVID-19 vaccines to be up to date, including at least 1 dose of updated COVID-19 vaccine.