LABEOC Update – 28 March 2020

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LABEOC Update – 28 March 2020

As of noon (12:00 PM) today, there were 3,315 reported cases in Louisiana, 137 deaths and 927 hospitalization (336 requiring ventilators) attributed to the pandemicand.

The &quotStay at Home&quot order remains in effect.

Updated CISA Guidance on Essential Workforce. DHS CISA released updated guidelines for essential workforce during COVID-19. A copy is attached. There are no significant changes from the previous version. The state guidelines remain unchanged.

Bids for PPE, Medical Supplies, Equipment. LaPAC, the Louisiana Procurement and Contract Network, has open bid solicitations for PPE, medical supplies, and equipment. This is the one location for state contracts. Open solicitations for these items and other critical areas can be found here

FDA Temporary Policy for Manufacture of Alcohol FDA has made a temporary Policy to allow Alcohol Manufacture to produce Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer products during the public health emergency (COVID-19). See the full Guidance for Industry here.

Links to COVID-19 Information (see attachment). The attached COVID-19 document contains three pages of consolidated information sources for all business sectors.

All Hazards Consortium/SISE Data Mapping. Our partners at AHC & SISE have developed a dashboard with GIS information on nationwide Information Center with data important to business and government.  https://ahc-covid19-ahc.hub.arcgis.com/

There will be no update published tomorrow. The daily updates will resume on Monday 30, March.

Chris J. DeGuelle
LABEOC Director

The LA BEOC is designed and developed by the NIMSAT Institute under the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP)