Collection:LPB

Genre: News conference

Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2020-07-16

Duration: 00:49:27

Subjects: Edwards, John Bel | Billioux, Alexander | Public health | COVID-19 pandemic | Coronaviruses

Contributors:

• Edwards, John Bel Speaker
• Nigam, Somesh Speaker
• Cunningham, Keith Speaker
• Billioux, Alex Speaker

This press conference from July 16, 2020, features Governor John Bel Edwards discussing the state’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. He discusses the state’s latest testing and case numbers, as well as the new Louisiana Emergency Rental Assistance Program. It also includes comments by: Dr. Somesh Nigam, the senior vice president and chief data analytics officer for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana; Keith Cunningham, the executive director of the Louisiana Housing Corporation; and Dr. Alex Billioux, the assistant secretary for the Office of Public Health at the Louisiana Department of Health.