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City of Thibodaux COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update

Post Date	Updated At
Friday, Mar. 13th at 1:24 PM	Friday, Mar. 13th at 1:26 PM

Contact: Sarah Arceneaux, Grants Director
Phone: 446-7606
Email: grants@ci.thibodaux.la.us

Attachment: Louisiana Governor’s Executive Order

Today state, parish and local officials conducted a statewide conference call in reference to COVID-19. Governor Edwards issued an executive order after the call. The City of Thibodaux participated in this conference call, as well as a follow up meeting with Lafourche Parish officials. City Officials would like to reassure the residents that the government efforts continue to be coordinated at the City, Parish, State and Federal Levels. In order to get the most current information, residents should check CDC.gov, LDH.LA.gov or the City of Thibodaux’s website (Emergency Preparedness). The State of Louisiana is using the 211 system to provide informational updates to the public. Residents can simply dial 211 or text the keyword LACOVID to 898- 211 for the most current information.

City of Thibodaux COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update

Post Date	Updated At
Thursday, Mar. 12th at 12:00 AM	Friday, Mar. 13th at 8:27 AM

Contact: Sarah Arceneaux, Grants Director
Phone: 446-7606
Email: grants@ci.thibodaux.la.us

Attachment: CDC Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) - Steps to Prevent Illness

Yesterday Governor Edwards released a statement and conducted a press conference in relation to COVID-19.

Following a meeting of the Unified Command Group today, Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a Public Health emergency in Louisiana related to COVID-19. Commonly called coronavirus, COVID-19 has now affected 13 residents in Louisiana. The current impacted parishes include Orleans, Jefferson, Iberia, St. Tammany, Caddo and Lafourche. "We currently have 13 presumptive positive cases of COVID-19 in Louisiana, including 7 new cases today. We are expecting more cases in the coming days and weeks. As we learn more, we know that there is community spread in Louisiana and I am asking all Louisianans to remain vigilant and take important measures to protect their health and reduce the spread of illness," Gov. Edwards said. "This is a constantly changing situation, and we have been working with our state and federal health officials for some time now. As we expect more presumptive positive cases, a declaration of public health emergency is necessary to allow state agencies to thoroughly prepare for any eventuality related to public health needs and deploy additional resources to assist local authorities.” On March 9, 2020, a Louisiana resident was tested for COVID-19 and deemed to be a presumptive positive result in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) protocol, resulting in the state’s first case. Additionally, the declaration addresses efforts to prevent price gouging should that become necessary as well as limits international travel for state employees to Level 2 and Level 3 countries as designated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC.

The City of Thibodaux would like to add some information from the CDC to give residents a base of knowledge in reference to COVID-19. At this point, the most significant thing the public can do is to understand what self-observation and self-monitoring are by following the CDC guidelines and practice good hygiene. The CDC.gov or LDH.LA.gov are the best websites for information.

Symptoms compatible with COVID-19, for the purpose of these recommendations, include subjective or measured fever, cough, or difficulty breathing.

Self-observation means people should remain alert for subjective fever, cough, or difficulty breathing. If they feel feverish or develop cough or difficulty breathing during the self-observation period, they should take their temperature, self-isolate, limit contact with others, and seek advice by telephone from a healthcare provider or their local health department to determine whether a medical evaluation is needed.

Self-monitoring means people should monitor themselves for fever by taking their temperatures twice a day and remain alert for a cough or difficulty breathing. If they feel feverish or develop measured fever, cough, or difficulty breathing during the self-monitoring period, they should self-isolate, limit contact with others, and seek advice by telephone from a healthcare provider or their local health department to determine whether a medical evaluation is needed.

Isolation means the separation of a person or group of people known or reasonably believed to be infected with a communicable disease and potentially infectious from those who are not infected to prevent the spread of the communicable disease. Isolation for public health purposes may be voluntary or compelled by federal, state, or local public health order.

Quarantine in general means the separation of a person or group of people reasonably believed to have been exposed to a communicable disease but not yet symptomatic, from others who have not been so exposed, to prevent the possible spread of the communicable disease.

2020 Census

Post Date	Updated At
Monday, Mar. 09th at 12:00 AM	Monday, Mar. 09th at 3:39 PM

Contact: Sarah Arceneaux, Grants Director
Phone: 446-7606
Email: grants@ci.thibodaux.la.us

Attachment: How Will 2020 Census Data Be Used?

To learn more about how the upcoming 2020 Census data will be used to fund things that impact our community, please click the link below to watch a short video.