Next up are people who live and work at nursing homes and long-term care facilities.
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A staff member with the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System receives a shot with the first batch of Pfizer Inc. s coronavirus vaccine in New Orleans, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (Max Becherer/The Advocate via AP) Author: Melinda Deslatte / Associated Press Published: 1:08 PM CST December 15, 2020 Updated: 1:08 PM CST December 15, 2020
BATON ROUGE, La. Louisiana’s education superintendent is asking Gov. John Bel Edwards and state health leaders to prioritize childcare workers and school teachers, staff and bus drivers when divvying up future vaccine shipments.
Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley told Louisiana s education board Tuesday that s an estimated 166,000 employees at daycare centers, pre-K programs and K-12 schools.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, right, talks with Debbie Ford, MSN, RN, center, chief nursing officer with Ochsner Medical Center, as she gets ready to receive the first coronavirus vaccine from Dr. Mona Moghareh, left, on Monday, December 14, 2020. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
PHOTO BY CHRIS GRANGER
PHOTO BY CHRIS GRANGER
PHOTO BY CHRIS GRANGER