Willis-Knighton âLight the Night for COVIDâ month-long event to mark pandemic anniversary (Source: Cody Jennings) By Kaitlyn Gibson | February 11, 2021 at 12:26 PM CST - Updated March 10 at 5:26 AM
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Willis-Knighton Health System invites the community to commemorate the anniversary of the first recorded COVID-19 case in Louisiana. The first case in the state was recorded in March 2020.
Willis-Knighton is hosting a monthlong recognition and remembrance event called Light the Night for COVID.
The month-long event will focus on recognizing the healthcare workers and all the COVID-19 survivors while remembering those who lost their lives to the virus. Community members are asked to participate by turning on a light in their house every night during March as a sign of respect and hope.
Just about one year ago, the first suspected cases of a dubious foreign virus were detected in Louisiana. Since then, over 400,000 Louisianans have contracted COVID-19, while over 9,000 others have lost their lives.
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COVID-19 vaccinations are available to more people throughout Louisiana beginning Monday as those ages 65 and over are eligible to be vaccinated.
The state lowered the age for vaccinations from 70 to 65 beginning Monday.
LSU Health Shreveport provides vaccinations at the State Fair Grounds. You can preregister for the vaccinations at www.lsuhs.edu. Preregistration is not required, but you should bring a form of identification and an insurance card. Preregistration is essential to minimizing wait times and in accurate vaccine allocation. If you are unable to pre-register but are age 65 and older, you are eligible to receive the vaccine.
SHREVEPORT, La. With the announcement that beginning Monday eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine expands to a different age bracket, LSU Health Shreveportâs Center of Excellence for Emerging Viral Threats has added four new locations for COVID-19 vaccinations in addition to its drive-thru site in Shreveport
Those eligible to receive the vaccinations can do so in one day only next week in Arcadia, Mansfield, Natchitoches and Minden. More dates have been added for Shreveport, too.
Eligibility for Louisiana residents has dropped to include ages 65 and older.Â
Some Unified Command Group members, state COVID emergency response personnel, local emergency response personnel, law enforcement, first responders and elections workers for the upcoming March and April elections will also be eligible, according to Gov. John Bel Edwards on Thursday. LSU Health s news release on Friday does not address those groups.Â
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