Emergency Preparedness Information: COVID-19/Coronavirus [2020]

Information specifically aimed at library staff and for libraries has been moved to a separate tab in this guide.

Monitoring the COVID-19 Pandemic in New Orleans and Louisiana

Interactive map is towards the bottom of the page

From LDH (Louisiana Department of Health)

Official data and graphics

Louisiana Department of Health Reports More than 2,500 Additional COVID-19 Cases, Most from Testing by Commercial Labs

World Map of Coronavirus Cases - New York Times
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Map of US Coronavirus Cases - New York Times
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• Coronavirus - Info from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

  

• Influenza (Flu) - Info from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Pandemic Influenza: Preparedness and Response National Library of Medicine (National Institutes of Health [NIH]

• Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
  World Health Organization (WHO)

• Health Map - Outbreaks near me: https://www.healthmap.org/en/

• What You Need to Know About the Coronavirus -  AARP

• Preparing for Coronavirus to Strike the U.S. - Scientific American

• Medicins Sans Frontieres/Doctors without Borders - French and English and updated regularly

• COVID Explained

Directory of Links to Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information/Data Portals/Resource Centers From State Governments and District of Columbia - from InfoDocket/Library Journal

Louisiana will move to Phase One under the White House COVID-19 guidance this Friday, May 15, which removes the Stay at Home order for Louisianans and allows additional businesses to open under strict occupancy, protection and social distancing guidelines.

News release

Gov. Edwards Extends Stay at Home Order Until May 15 to Continue Flattening the Curve and Slowing the Spread of COVID-19

April 27, 2020: Everyone in Louisiana should wear masks when in public; Next announcement will be May 11

Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced he will extend Louisiana’s Stay at Home order until May 15 to continue to slow the spread of COVID-19. Louisiana does not currently meet the White House criteria for entering Phase One of reopening.

Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards signed a proclamation closing K-12 public schools in Louisiana to students until the end of the current school year, with students getting their education via remote learning, as the state continues to fight the spread of COVID-19.

Announcement

Full text of the order

Today Gov. John Bel Edwards has postponed Louisiana’s elections, at the request of the Louisiana Secretary of State, because of the COVID-19 outbreak in the state.

The June 20, 2020 Presidential Preference Primary election in Louisiana is rescheduled for July 11, 2020 from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. The July 25, 2020 election is rescheduled for August 15, 2020 from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.

News release

Proclamation

Legal Guidance on COVID-19 from the Louisiana Legislative Auditor with all of the laws affected by COVID-19

Governor's Official Page contains all news releases and official proclamations

Included on this page are the following proclamations and other information

• Gov. Edwards Announces Funding to the Health Equity Task Force to Examine Causes and Solutions to COVID-19 Racial Disparities

• Gov. Edwards Announces Co-Chairs, Members of COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force and Subcommittees

• Gov. Edwards Creates Resilient Louisiana Commission

• Gov. Edwards Issues Statement as Louisiana Surpasses 1,000 COVID-19 Deaths

• Gov. Edwards Announces Creation of COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force

• Gov. Edwards Announces New Text Alert System to Provide Timely COVID-19 Updates

• COVID-19 Response Fund Issues First Grant

• Stay at Home Order

• Gov. Edwards' COVID-19 Major Disaster Declaration Request Approved by President Trump

• 34 JBE 2020 State of Emergency and Public Health Emergency

• Gov. Edwards Issues Statewide Stay at Home Order to Further Fight the Spread of COVID-19 in Louisiana

• 33 JBE 2020 Additional Measures for COVID 19

• 32 JBE 2020 Public Health Emergency

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

• Gov. Edwards Travels to Washington, DC to Meet with President Trump

• Gov. Edwards Releases New PSAs Encouraging the Extended Stay at Home Order and How Louisiana Moves Toward Phase One 

• Gov. Edwards Awards $10.4M Affordable Housing Grant to New Orleans in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak 

• Click Here Digital Announces Louisiana Headquarters Expansion 

  State of Louisiana Will Hire Hundreds of Louisianans as Contact Tracers to Fight the Spread of COVID-19

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Other Louisiana Information

Child care assistance available for essential employees Report and link to form from WAFB

List of student feeding locations amid coronavirus closures - from The Advocate - 3/23/2020

Official Web SitesEmergency Web Site - State of Louisiana

Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Louisiana Department of Health Web Site

Coronavirus Information - Office of the Governor

Louisiana Department of Education Info - includes policy guidance and information on waivers

Red Stick Ready - Coronavirus Info - City/Parish of Baton Rouge

Coronavirus Updates & Information - LSU

Louisiana State Civil Service

A LibGuide by State Library of Louisiana Staff

https://slol.libguides.com/c.php?g=1016936

A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus

From the NPR web site

BrainPOP has a surprisingly entertaining, at time humorous, basic explanation of COVID-19 and needed precautions for elementary age children and young teens.

BrainPop

Little Puddins Blog has a nice, English language "Coronavirus Social Story." 

LittlePuddins Blog

Kids Health has information on COVID-19 for children in English and  Spanish and available in audio.  Other sections of their website have information for parent.  

Kids Health form Nemours

Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative
was created to protect cultural heritage threatened or impacted by disasters and to help U.S. and international communities preserve their identities and history

The Heritage Emergency National Task Force is co-sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Smithsonian Institution, and is a partnership of 42 national service organizations and federal agencies. The agency has compiled a COVID-19 Resource Hub:

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Listings specifically for Libraries

COVID-19 Accessible Resources

The Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation (CIDI), has created COVID-19 resources in alternative formats based upon CDC's guidance. Here are the titles for six of 15 documents available:

1. Symptoms of Coronavirus

2. Test for Current Infection

3. How to Safely Wear and Take Off a Mask

4. What You Should Know About COVID-19 to Protect Yourself and Others

5. Information for People with Disabilities

6. Guidance for Handlers of Service and Therapy Animals

https://cidi.gatech.edu/covid

2020 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival canceled because of coronavirus from NOLA.com

Here Are All the Major Music Events Canceled Due to Coronavirus from Billboard

USDA Web Site for Coronavirus Information - https://www.usda.gov/coronavirus

A toll-free civil legal help hotline is now available to low-income residents of southeast Louisiana impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic. If you have  a legal problem because of the COVID-19 Crisis, you can apply for free legal help by calling the SLLS COVID-19 Legal Aid Hotline: 1-844-244-7871

More information is available on the web site.

Additional information is available at Louisiana Law Help (a web site administered by Southeast Louisiana Legal Services).

Public Advised to NOT Flush Disinfecting Wipes, Paper Towels Down Toilet – Throw Them Away Instead - from the California Water Environment Association

Handwashing: Clean Hands Save Lives - from the CDC

How soap kills the coronavirus - from Vox

Coronavirus Fears Have Led To A Golden Age Of Hand-Washing PSAs - from NPR 
[includes the "the hand-washing dance"]

You Might Be Buying a Hand Sanitizer That Won’t Work for Coronavirus - from Pro Publica

How long can the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 survive on surfaces?

From Harvard Medical School: https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/coronavirus-resource-center

New England Journal of Medicine: https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMc2004973

Influenza (gripe)

Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades [CDC]

https://www.upr.edu/biblioteca-rcm/?fbclid=IwAR2DwS2luW9apVEEfuQMpsritK02iMbtz5BkijVXTqcR_-3WYr9O2Xh1kTo

Biblioteca Conrado F. Asenjo, Universidad de Puerto Rico

Enfermedad del Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)

Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina de los EE. UU.

COVID19 Actualización 22 de Marzo

YouTube video en Espanol

Louisiana Loan Portfolio Guaranty Program: The purpose of the LPGP is to provide loans to Louisiana small businesses in response to COVID-19. It is a partnership of Louisiana Economic Development (LED); the Louisiana Bankers Association (LBA); and the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (LPFA).

Baton Rouge Area Chamber - COVID-19 Business Resources

Coronavirus Resource Page - from the US Chamber of Commerce

Disaster Preparedness and Response - from the Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC)

Pandemic Preparedness in The Workplace And The Americans With Disabilities Act - guidance from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

COVID-19 - from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), US Department of Labor

Gov. Edwards Requests SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans for Orleans and Jefferson Parish

Archive of business-related COVID-19/coronavirus stories by Greater Baton Rouge Business Report

A list of options compiled by the National Digital Inclusion Alliance - for individuals

Find Low-Cost Internet Service and Computers in Your Area - Everyoneon