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La. Gov. Edwards: Louisiana Will Keep Current Phase Two Restrictions, Including Mask Mandate and Bar Closures, Through August 28 to Continue to Slow the Spread of COVID-19
August 05, 2020
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 5 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Aug. 4:

Gov. John Bel Edwards announced today that he will extend his Phase Two order, including the statewide mask mandate, closure of bars to on-site consumption and crowd size limits of no more than 50 people for at least another 21 days.

The current order expires on Friday, August 7. Gov. Edwards will sign a new order before the end of the week that extends this order . . .

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