A year after that first Coronavirus case, Dr. Martin-Klinger is hopeful for the future. Author: Paul Murphy / Eyewitness News Published: 6:36 PM CST March 8, 2021 Updated: 8:29 PM CST March 8, 2021
NEW ORLEANS March 9, 2020 marked the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic in Louisiana.
That’s when a patient being treated for pneumonia at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in downtown New Orleans tested positive for the virus.
“I don’t think it occurred to us that it could be so close to home because there were no other patients in this state,” Dr. Caitlin Martin-Klinger said.
Dr. Martin-Klinger called that first COVID case in the state the canary in the coal mine.