COVID-19
The Greater Lafourche Port Commission and its valued tenant companies are taking precautions to keep themselves and others safe from the threat of COVID-19. The GLPC family is following guidance from our parish, state, and federal agencies, and we strongly recommend getting information on COVID-19 from reputable sources such as the ones listed below.
Stay safe, stay healthy, and stay informed so we can all be READY TODAY, AND READY FOR TOMORROW.
Latest on COVID-19
3/25 JBE Executive Order 2022-10 – COVID-19 Post-Emergency Sustained Recovery Activities
TENANT/BUSINESS RESOURCES:
Louisiana’s Open Safely Program for Businesses
U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Commons, the Coast Guard Blog for Maritime Professionals
Identifying Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce During COVID-19
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) COVID-19 Relief Options
Louisiana Economic Development (LED) COVID-19 Assistance & Resources for Impacted Businesses
LED E-Commerce Initiative for Small Businesses
US Treasury Department Covid-19 Economic Relief
IRS “Get My Payment” Tool for eligible taxpayers to track stimulus money
Louisiana Workforce Commission COVID-19 Information
Entergy Louisiana COVID-19 Business Recovery Resources
South Louisiana Economic Council COVID-19 Resources
TWIC Program Important Notices (*See COVID-19 Updates)
US Department of Labor Coronavirus Resources
US Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division: COVID-19 and the Workplace
TRUSTED SOURCES FOR COVID-19 INFORMATION:
Official CDC Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information
Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) COVID-19 Information
Louisiana Governor’s Office Coronavirus Information
Louisiana Governor’s Proclamations Webpage
All Louisiana COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Proclamations and Orders:
- 3/25 JBE Executive Order 2022-10 – COVID-19 Post-Emergency Sustained Recovery Activities
- 2/15 JBE 2022 Proclamation 18 – Extension of Emergency Provisions due to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Effective through March 16, 2022.
- 2/15 JBE 2022 Proclamation 17 – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Mitigation Measures: Effective through March 16, 2022.
- 1/19 JBE 2022 Proclamation 7 – Extension of Emergency Provisions due to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Effective through February 16, 2022.
- 1/19 JBE 2022 Proclamation 6 – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Mitigation Measures: Effective through February 16, 2022.
- 12/21 JBE Proclamation 235 – Extension of Emergency Provisions due to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Effective through January 19, 2022.
- 12/21 JBE Proclamation 234 – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Mitigation Measures: Effective through January 19, 2022
- 11/23 JBE Proclamation 220 – Extension of Emergency Provisions due to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Effective through December 22, 2021.
- 11/23 JBE Proclamation 219 – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Mitigation Measures: Effective through December 22, 2021.
- 10/26 JBE Proclamation 204 – Extension of Emergency Provisions due to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Effective through November 24, 2021.
- 10/26 JBE 2021 Proclamation 203 – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Mitigation Measures: Louisiana’s statewide indoor mask mandate lifted for most public settings; associated mitigation measures may remain in place. Effective through November 24, 2021.
- 9/28 JBE Proclamation 182 – Extension of Emergency Provisions due to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Effective through October 27, 2021.
- 9/28 JBE 2021 Proclamation 181 – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Mitigation Measures Statewide Mask Mandate: Extends Louisiana’s statewide indoor mask mandate and associated mitigation measures. Effective through October 27, 2021.
- 8/31 JBE 2021 Proclamation 168 – Extension of Emergency Provisions due to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Effective through September 29, 2021.
- 8/31 JBE 2021 Proclamation 167 – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Mitigation Measures Statewide Mask Mandate: Extends Louisiana’s statewide indoor mask mandate and associated mitigation measures. Effective through September 29, 2021.
- 8/02 JBE 2021 Proclamation 137 – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Mitigation Measures Statewide Mask Mandate: Temporarily reinstates Louisiana’s statewide mask mandate indoors for all people over age 4, both vaccinated and unvaccinated. Effective through September 1, 2021.
- 7/26 JBE 2021 Proclamation 133 – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Mitigation Measures Amendment to 131 JBE 2021: Louisiana designated as “State of Concern” by the CDC; additional mitigation measures include strongly encouraging increased social distancing and face coverings indoors for both vaccinated and unvaccinated, authorization for state offices to set mask mandates, and authorization for all local governing authorities and private businesses to issue more restrictive measures than those imposed by the state.
- 7/22 JBE 2021 Proclamation 132 – Extension of Emergency Provisions Due to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Effective through August 11, 2021.
- 7/22 JBE 2021 Proclamation 131 – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Mitigation Measures: Renewing COVID-19 Resilient Louisiana Phase Three. Effective through August 11, 2021.
- 6/23 JBE 2021 Proclamation 118 – Extension of Emergency Provisions Due to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Effective through July 21, 2021.
- 6/23 JBE 2021 Proclamation 117 – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Mitigation Measures: Renewing COVID-19 Resilient Louisiana Phase Three. Effective through July 21, 2021.
- 5/26 JBE 2021 Proclamation 94 – Extension of Emergency Provisions Due to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Effective through June 23, 2021.
- 5/25 JBE 2021 Proclamation 93 – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Mitigation Measures: Statewide mask mandate lifted with minimal exceptions. Effective through June 23, 2021.
- 5/14 JBE 2021 Proclamation 85 – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Modification of Proclamation Number 79 JBE 2021 Regarding Face Coverings: Revises face covering guidance to account for CDC loosening restrictions for fully vaccinated people.
- 4/27 JBE 2021 Proclamation 80 – Extension of Emergency Provisions Due to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Statewide mask mandate lifted, with exceptions including in state government buildings, schools, healthcare facilities, and on public transit. Outdoor event capacity limitations lifted. Indoor event capacity at 75% while enforcing six feet of social distancing, or 100% capacity with masks required and enforced. Effective through May 26, 2021.
- 4/27 JBE 2021 Proclamation 79 – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Mitigation Measures: Statewide mask mandate lifted, with exceptions including in state government buildings, schools, healthcare facilities, and on public transit. Outdoor event capacity limitations lifted. Indoor event capacity at 75% while enforcing six feet of social distancing, or 100% capacity with masks required and enforced. Effective through May 26, 2021.
- 3/30 JBE 2021 Proclamation 66 – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Phase 3 of Resilient Louisiana: Statewide mask mandate remains, most occupancy limits lifted while maintaining social distancing requirements, large event venues at 50% capacity and less than 500 people indoors. Effective through April 28, 2021.
- 3/16 JBE 2021 Proclamation 58 – Amendment to Extension of Emergency Provisions due to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Suspends the one week wait for emergency-related claims, effective retroactively from January 3, 2021 to March 31, 2021 or as extended by any subsequent proclamation.
- 3/02 JBE 2021 Proclamation 29 – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Phase 3 of Resilient Louisiana: Statewide mask mandate remains, most businesses can open at 75% capacity, indoor gatherings limited to 50% capacity/max 250 people. Effective through March 31, 2021.
- 3/02 JBE 2021 Proclamation 30 – Extension of Emergency Provisions due to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Extension through March 31, 2021.
- 2/10 JBE 2021 Proclamation 17 – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency- Phase 2 of Resilient Louisiana: Extension to March 3, 2021
- 1/12 JBE 2021 Proclamation 7 – Extension of Emergency Provisions due to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Extension to February 10, 2021
- 1/12 JBE 2021 Proclamation 6 – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency- Phase 2 of Resilient Louisiana: Extension to February 10, 2021
- 12/22 JBE Proclamation 210 – Extension of Emergency Provisions due to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Extension to January 13, 2021
- 12/22 JBE Proclamation 209 – Renewal of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency- Modified Phase 2 of Resilient Louisiana: Extension to January 13, 2021
- 11/24 JBE 2020 Proclamation 168 – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency- Modified Phase 2 of Resilient Louisiana: Tightens mitigation measures back to Phase 2, including limiting building occupancy and gathering sizes to December 23
- 11/5 JBE Proclamation 159 – Renewal of State of Emergency for COVID-19- Extension of Emergency Provisions: Extension to December 4
- 11/5 JBE 2020 Proclamation 158 – Renewal of Phase 3 of Resilient Louisiana: Extended to December 4
- 10/22 JBE Proclamation 143 – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency- Additional Measures for Phase 3 of Resilient Louisiana: Supplements Proclamation 134 JBE 2020, which is in effect to November 6
- 10/8 JBE Proclamation 135 – Renewal of State of Emergency for COVID-19- Extension of Emergency Provisions: Extension to November 6
- 10/8 JBE 2020 Proclamation 134 – Renewal of Phase 3 of Resilient Louisiana: Statewide mask mandate remains, lifts some restrictions for bars, gatherings, and number of people dependent upon strong community mitigation data; modified Phase 3 extended to November 6
- 9/17 JBE 2020 Proclamation 123 – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Phase 3 of Resilient Louisiana: Supplement to 9/11 JBE 2020 Proclamation 117
- 9/10 JBE 2020 Proclamation 118- Renewal of State of Emergency for COVID-19- Extension of Emergency Provisions: Extension to October 9
- 9/11 JBE 2020 Proclamation 117 – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Phase 3 of Resilient Louisiana: Statewide mask mandate remains, bars remain closed for on-premises consumption with strictly limited exceptions, gatherings limited to 50% capacity/max 250 people to October 9
- 8/26 JBE 2020 Proclamation 111- Renewal of State of Emergency for COVID-19- Extension of Emergency Provisions: Extension to September 11
- 8/26 JBE 2020 Proclamation 110 – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Renewal of Phase 2 of Resilient Louisiana: Statewide mask mandate, closes bars for on-premises consumption, limits indoor gatherings to 50 people to September 11
- 8/18 JBE 2020 Proclamation 104 – Declaration of Emergency for November 3, 2020 and December 5, 2020 Elections: Allows the state to move forward with emergency plans to support the election and take into account health and safety issues that might affect voting
- 8/06 JBE 2020 Proclamation 102- Renewal of State of Emergency for COVID-19- Extension of Emergency Provisions: Extension to August 28
- 8/06 JBE 2020 Proclamation 101 – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Renewal of Phase 2 of Resilient Louisiana: Statewide mask mandate, closes bars for on-premises consumption, limits indoor gatherings to 50 to August 28
- 7/23 JBE 2020 Proclamation 97 – Renewal of State of Emergency for COVID-19- Extension of Emergency Provisions: Extension to August 7
- 7/23 JBE 2020 Proclamation 96 – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Renewal of Phase 2 of Resilient Louisiana: Statewide mask mandate, closes bars for on-premises consumption, limits indoor gatherings to 50 to August 7
- 7/11 JBE 2020 Proclamation 89 – COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Additional Phase 2 Mitigation Measures: Statewide mask mandate, closes bars for on-premises consumption, limits indoor gatherings to 50 to July 24
- 6/25 JBE 2020 Proclamation 84 – Renewal of State of Emergency for COVID-19- Extension of Emergency Provisions: Extension to July 24
- 6/25 JBE 2020 Proclamation 83 – Renewal of State of Emergency for COVID-19 Phase 2 of Resilient Louisiana: Extends Phase 2 and limits indoor gatherings to 250 people
- 6/04 JBE 2020 Proclamation 75 – Renewal of State of Emergency for COVID-19- Extension of Emergency Provisions: Extension to June 26
- 6/04 JBE 2020 Proclamation 74 – Phase 2 of Resilient Louisiana
- 5/14 JBE 2020 Proclamation 59 – Renewal of State of Emergency for COVID-19- Extension of Emergency Provisions: Extension to June 5
- 5/14 JBE 2020 Proclamation 58 – Phase 1 of Resilient Louisiana
- 4/30 JBE 2020 Proclamation 52 – Renewal of State of Emergency for COVID-19- Extension of Emergency Provisions: Formally extends Louisiana’s Stay at Home Order until May 15
- 4/15 JBE 2020 Proclamation 47 – State of Emergency for COVID-19- Elementary and Secondary Education: Closing Louisiana schools closed for remainder of school year; remote learning to continue
- 4/14 JBE 2020 Proclamation 46 – Elections Rescheduled Due to Statewide State of Emergency Caused by COVID-19: Elections postponed from 6/20 to 7/11 primary, 7/25 to 8/15 election
- 4/07 JBE 2020 Proclamation 43 – COVID-19 State of Emergency – Provisions for Emergency Unemployment and Necessary State Employees: Addresses unemployment and workers’ compensation issues and deems state health care workers and first responders as essential for purposes of the federal Family First Coronavirus Response Act
- 4/02 JBE 2020 Proclamation 41 – State of Emergency for COVID-19 – Extension of Emergency Provisions: Extends stay-at-home order through April 30, 2020
- 3/31 JBE 2020 Proclamation 38 – Additional Measures for COVID-19 – Funeral Services & Interments, Emergency Temporary Suspension of Certain Licensure, Scope of Practice, Certification Requirements for Healthcare Providers: Updated funeral guidance with no services 10+, relaxes some licensing to allow out of state medical professionals to practice in Louisiana
- 3/26 JBE 2020 Proclamation 37 – Additional Measures for COVID-19 – Provisions for First-Responder Rulemaking, Law Enforcement Rehiring, Rehiring of Retired Public Employees, Insurance Commissioner Emergency Authority, Shareholder Meetings, and Remote Notarization: Emergency rules to preserve public safety and health/number of critical workers
- 3/22 JBE 2020 Proclamation 33 – Additional Measures for COVID-19 – Stay at Home: General stay-at-home order for the State of Louisiana unless performing an essential activity (see proclamation for guidance) and no gatherings 10+ through April 13, 2020
- 3/19 JBE 2020 Proclamation 32 – Additional Measures for COVID-10 Public Health Emergency: Educational assessment provisions waived, certain public bid law provisions suspended, telehealth care, administrative
- 3/16 JBE 2020 Proclamation 30 – Additional Measures for COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: No gatherings 50+, restaurant dining/bars/casinos/theaters/gyms closed to 4/13, teleconferencing for public meetings, suspension of legal deadlines
- 3/14 JBE 2020 Proclamation 29 – Additional Measures for COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Transportation exemptions/suspensions of licensing, insurance statutes
- 3/13 JBE 2020 Proclamation 28 – Elections Rescheduled Due COVID-19: Elections postponed from 4/04 to 6/20 primary, 5/09 to 7/25 election
- 3/13 JBE 2020 Proclamation 27 – Additional Measure for COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: No gatherings 250+, schools closed through 4/13
- 3/11 JBE 2020 Proclamation 25 – Declaration of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Original declaration with restrictions
CYBERSECURITY:
Please be wary of emails containing links to “Breaking News” or other sensational headlines regarding coronavirus or COVID-19. If you have not subscribed to email updates from a verified, trusted source, it is best to refrain from clicking on their provided links. Instead, open your browser (or app) to search for the latest, directly from the news source of your choice. For additional resources, visit the cybersecurity websites below.
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
National Cyber Security Alliance COVID-19 Security Resource Library
Scams and Rumor Control:
- COVID-19 Myth vs. Fact: https://gov.louisiana.gov/page/COVID19-myths
- CDC Frequently Asked Questions: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html
- FEMA Coronavirus Rumor Control: https://www.fema.gov/coronavirus-rumor-control
- Better Business Bureau tips on COVID-19: https://www.bbb.org/council/coronavirus/
- Coronavirus Scams – What the Federal Trade Commission is Doing: https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/features/coronavirus-scams-what-ftc-doing
- US Treasury IRS-Related Coronavirus Scam: https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/coronavirus.shtml