New Orleans moves to modified phase 2, bars closed to indoor service through Mardi Gras Share Updated: 12:42 PM CST Jan 27, 2021 WDSU Digital Team Share Updated: 12:42 PM CST Jan 27, 2021
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Show Transcript GUARD DOWN IT BECOMES MUCH WORSE THAN IT ALREADY IS AND IT’S WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON. THANKS CHRISTINA: GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STICKING WITH US HERE ON WDSU NEWS. I M CHRISTINA WATKINS. YOU WERE LISTENING LIVE TO LEADERS GIVING AN UPDATE REGARDING COVID-19 RESTRICTION HERE IN OUR CITY. THEY JUST ANNOUNCED THAT NEW ORLEANS IS GOING TO MOVE INTO MODIFIED PHASE 2 FOR THREE WEEKS. BUT WE SHOULD POINT OUT INDOOR BAR SERVICE WILL STILL BE CLOSED. IT DOESN T MATTER WHAT OUR POSITIVITY RATE IS. AND THAT S GOING TO STAY CLOSED UP UNTIL MARDI GRAS. HERE S WHAT WE KNOW. IN MODIFIED PHASE TWO, RESTAURANTS, CHURCHES AND BUSINESSES CAN NOW OPERATE UP TO 50% CAPACITY. AND AGAIN, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE BARS. THEY RE GOING
“Oh, it’s definitely doable. I mean, we’re almost doing that now. And I have to say, Louisiana is really doing well. When we get vaccine, it is going into arms."
Special Education students are struggling with virtual learning
“I miss my friends and my teachers and I also do not like being online,” said Phoebe Kaynor, a student at Morris Jeff High School. Author: Meg Farris (WWL) Updated: 7:33 PM CST January 8, 2021
NEW ORLEANS With the spike in local coronavirus cases Orleans Parish Public Schools are now in distance, virtual learning for at least the next two weeks.
And that could last longer if current trends continue.
But there are parents who said it s creating a hardship, especially on some of the city’s most vulnerable children.
Sophomore, Phoebe Kaynor,16, is trying to keep up with distance learning.
New Orleans health leaders dispel COVID-19 vaccine concerns
Roundtable discussion held Monday afternoon Share Updated: 6:59 PM CST Dec 21, 2020
Roundtable discussion held Monday afternoon Share Updated: 6:59 PM CST Dec 21, 2020
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Show Transcript MORGAN? MORGAN: WE HEARD FROM SEVERAL LOCAL HEALTH LEADERS THIS AFTERNOON. THEY DISCUSSED A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS. ONE THAT CAME UP WAS WHEN THE VACCINE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE. LOUISIANA WILL FOLLOW GUIDELINES FROM THE CDC. THAT MEANS WE ARE IN PHASE 1-A RIGHT NOW, WHICH PRIORITIZES FRONTLINE HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND NURSING HOME RESIDENTS. PHASE 1-B WILL INCLUDE PEOPLE WHO WORK AS FIRST RESPONDERS, AS WELL AS PEOPLE IN EDUCATION, MANUFACTURING AND OTHER ESSENTIAL FIELDS. THEN PHASE 1-C IS PEOPLE OVER 65. AS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, DR. JENNIFER AVEGNO SAYS THEY WILL LIKELY GET A SHOT STARTING AT THE END OF SPRING OR EARLY SUMMER. MOST OF US, MOST OF THE GENERAL PUBLI