The reopening of schools and colleges is expected to further complicate managing the spread of COVID-19. Governor Edwards says the Louisiana Department of Health is working closely with the Department of Education on monitoring the coronavirus by creating a COVID-19 reporting system.
“We’re working together to implement this reporting system and I know there will be lots of questions about reporting. We know that many schools already have plans in place. LDH has been working with individual districts and principals,” said Edwards.
Edwards says the schools are not the only reporting entities that are important in the spread mitigation efforts and encourages parents to monitor children for symptoms.
“Keep them out of school if they are having COVID-type symptoms and there are many people out there who falsely believe that young people don’t get COVID and that is absolutely false,” said Edwards.
Edwards says his message to college students is clear and asks them to be careful in how they celebrate the new school year. Edwards encourages them to take into consideration spread mitigation efforts that may or may not be happening at a gathering and really think it over if it isn’t safe.
“Think twice about going. And if you think twice and decide to go, I’m going to ask you to think a third time and not do that. We really need to be safe,” said Edwards.
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