City of New Orleans Monitoring Tropical Storm Cristobal, Encourages Residents to Prepare for Rain and Hurricane Season

The New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness is monitoring Tropical Storm Cristobal, which is forecast to remain in the the Bay of Campeche through this week and then drift northward into the Central Gulf of Mexico this weekend. Regardless of further development, heavy rainfall will be possible in New Orleans late this […]

Gov. Edwards Updates Public Health Emergency to Waive Education Requirements, Speed Laboratory Testing

Gov. Edwards on Thursday signed an update to his Public Health Emergency declaration related to the COVID-19 outbreak, which waives some education requirements in the law and also suspends some laboratory requirements to speed the process of coronavirus testing, among other things. Click here to read the proclamation update. “The pace of testing has to increase in […]

Gov. Edwards: All Louisiana Parishes Eligible for COVID-19 Business Aid

Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that small businesses in all 64 Louisiana parishes will have access to federal Small Business Administration disaster aid in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza confirmed that Louisiana’s more than 440,000 small business are eligible to apply for low-interest federal disaster loans, which will be made […]

Drive-Through COVID-19 Testing to be Offered to Healthcare Workers and First Responders at Two New Orleans Sites

Through a pilot program with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), COVID-19 testing will be offered at two drive-through “Community-Based Testing Sites” in the Greater New Orleans area to individuals who meet specific criteria. The City of New Orleans, with assistance from the Louisiana National Guard, will operate two sites in New […]

COMPLIANCE WITH MAYORAL EMERGENCY ORDERS MANDATORY

Mayor LaToya Cantrell today reiterates that compliance with Mayoral emergency orders is mandatory. We must prevent the further spread of COVID-19 in Orleans Parish, and it is vital that residents and visitors be vigilant in avoiding gatherings and practicing social distancing. All residents and visitors should take personal responsibility to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 and remain in […]