If you ll be traveling to the Big Easy in the near future, New Orleans Mayor Cantrell s office warns that the reinstatement of coronavirus mask and other mitigation efforts is not out of the question for New Orleans as recent COVID-19 data is startling.
COVID-19 cases in southeast Louisiana have over quadrupled in the last few weeks. New Orleans and surrounding areas are the state s coronavirus hotspot. And the fact that the coronavirus has mutated at least 5 times in the past year, the virus still has its hold on Louisianans in the southeast portion of the state.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now warning Americans that some coronavirus variants that are popping up, are more contagious and more severe than we ve seen since the start of the pandemic.
WWL in New Orleans has obtained a memo from ASM Global, the company that manages the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans addressing what will be the new COVID-19 guidelines when the facility opens to full capacity.
Lauren Daigle Fires Back to Mayor Cantrell
Christian artist and Acadiana native Lauren Daigle has released a statement concerning her New Orleans French Quarter performance that has New Orleans Mayor Cantrell still angry and Dick Clark s New Years Rockin Eve deciding to not broadcast from New Orleans this year.
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell continues to have ill feelings toward singer Lauren Daigle after her spontaneous performance during a French Quarter concert in which many onlookers did not exercise social distancing guidelines or wear masks.
Cantrell, waging her continued war against the singer, sent a letter to Dick Clark s New Years Rockin Eve asking for Daigle to be pulled from the lineup this year. In somewhat of a backfire, executives of the show decided to pull the plug on New Orleans, entirely. This year, Dick Clark s New Years Rockin Eve will not broadcast from New Orleans.