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More people can be vaccinated. Here s where to get COVID-19 vaccinations in NW Louisiana Scott Ferrell, Shreveport Times
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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.
Louisiana, a state long accustomed to being at the bottom of rankings, leads the Southeast in genome sequencing of COVID-19 cases at more than six per 1,000.
That bit of good news about sequencing in Louisiana is tempered by some bad news. The United States is lagging behind when it comes to genome sequencing of COVID-19 cases. In mid-January, the nation was sequencing a little more than three in 1,000 cases. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom performs genome sequencing on 49 out of every 1,000 COVID-19 cases there.
To some, this may seem like just another failure of the federal government during the COVID-19 pandemic. Genome sequencing could fall in line with lack of personal protective equipment, not having enough COVID-19 tests or running out of COVID-19 vaccine.