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Bring Back Louisiana Announces New Covid-19 Vaccine Hotline

Courtesy: LDH

 LA COVID-19 VACCINE HOTLINE - Louisiana Department of Health goes live with a COVID-19 vaccine hotline as part of the Bring Back Louisiana campaign.

The hotline, at 1-855-453-0774, will help residents schedule vaccine appointments, find vaccine providers in their area and connect people with medical professionals who can answer vaccine-related questions.

The hotline will be able to schedule vaccine appointments for residents at any LDH vaccination sites or with other providers that use a phone number to schedule. For providers who only offer web-based scheduling, call agents may be able to help residents navigate those systems.

The hotline is part of the greater Bring Back Louisiana campaign effort which aims to meet people where they are – breaking barriers so that everyone has the opportunity to get the vaccines. The goal of the hotline is to help those with technology or internet barriers and those with a lack of access to medical professionals in their communities to ask vaccine questions.

The hotline’s hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 8 p.m. Sunday.

Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' broadcast and media experience to Red River Radio. He began his career as a radio news reporter and transitioned to television journalism and newsmagazine production. Chuck studied mass communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.