NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department organized a special team of police officers to investigate illegal gatherings, and businesses found in violation of emergency measures taken by City Hall to slow down the coronavirus could lose their license to do business in New Orleans.
The announcement was tweeted by NOPD's official twitter handle tweeted — @NOPDnews — on Sunday.
The tweet came hours after Gov. John Bel Edwards issued a statewide stay at home order to limit the spread of coronavirus. This and other measures were put in place to limit the number of overall patients that have to be treated at the same time.
The coronavirus is very infectious, so much so that if left unchecked without measures, the number of patients that need to be treated would be far greater than the capacity of hospitals in the area.
To make sure the stay at home orders by local and state officials are taken seriously, the mayor and several parish leaders in the region stood together — but six feet apart — at a press conference Sunday to show residents in Southeast Louisiana staying at home can stop the spread.
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