Documenting COVID-19
Last Update: November 12, 2020
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City of New Orleans Health Department COVID -19 Vaccine email and response
Date Updated: November 12, 2020
Date Added: November 12, 2020
New Orleans, LA
Principal Subject: New Orleans Health Department Director Jennifer Avegno
This material includes emails sent to, from or copied to Jennifer Avegno, New Orleans Department of Health Director, regarding the Covid-19 vaccine”
Date Range: August 1, 2020 - September 18, 2020
Format Details: PDF, 473
City of New Orleans Health Department COVID-19 emails and response
Date Updated: September 3, 2020
Date Added: July 13, 2020
City of New Orleans, LA
Highlighted Documents: New Orleans mobile testing program one-pager Protocol 36 emergency response spreadsheet New Orleans modeling projection, April 5 New Orleans internal health statistics, April 20 Roche testing letter LCMC Health
Principal Subject: Dr. Jennifer Avegno, director, City of New Orleans Health Department
These documents include emails and underlying attachments for the City of New Orleans Health Department, including internal modeling predictions; draft working papers, city policies for COVID-19 response; grant funding requests to outside organizations; and spreadsheets detailing hospital capacity, fatality and other COVID-19 metrics.
Date Range: January 21 to August 18, 2020
Format Details: .zip of .pdf file with embedded .xlsx, .doc and .ppt attachments (15,153 pages, 1.42 GB, duplicative material)
Louisiana Department of Education COVID-19 emails and response
Date Updated: July 13, 2020
Date Added: July 13, 2020
Louisiana Department of Education, LA
Principal Subject: Beth Scioneaux, interim director, Louisiana Department of Education
This material includes emails sent to, from or copied to Beth Scioneaux, interim director, Louisiana Department of Education, regarding statewide response to COVID-19.
Date Range: May 18 to June 26, 2020
Format Details: .pdf (530 pages)
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