La. Gov. Edwards Announces Funding to Health Equity Task Force to Examine Causes, Solutions to COVID-19 Racial Disparities
April 25, 2020
April 25, 2020
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 25 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news:
Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that he is making $500,000 from the Governor's COVID-19 Response Fund available to the Louisiana COVID-19 Health Equity Taskforce to examine the causes and possible solutions to the high rate of deaths from the coronavirus within Louisiana's African-American community and other impacted populations.
"The disparity in deaths is . . .
Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that he is making $500,000 from the Governor's COVID-19 Response Fund available to the Louisiana COVID-19 Health Equity Taskforce to examine the causes and possible solutions to the high rate of deaths from the coronavirus within Louisiana's African-American community and other impacted populations.
"The disparity in deaths is . . .