New Orleans will reinstitute an indoor mask mandate to fight the spread of COVID-19 while readying for an influx of visitors for the Mardi Gras season, the city health director said Tuesday. Dr.

New Orleans will reinstitute an indoor mask mandate to fight the spread of COVID-19 while readying for an influx of visitors for the Mardi Gras season, the city health director said Tuesday, Jan ...

Just one day after Fat Tuesday, city officials announced that the the indoor mask mandate will be lifted in New Orleans due to falling COVID-19 numbers. The announcement also comes after AG Jeff ...

Mardi Gras—“Fat Tuesday” in French—falls the day before Lent, the 40-day period for fasting in many Christian faiths. In New Orleans, Mardi Gras season starts weeks before with a series of ...

NEW ORLEANS — Folks hoping for an end to New Orleans' mask mandate are going to have to wait until after Mardi Gras, according to Dr. Jennifer Avegno, the director of the city's Health Department.

New Orleans cancelled its Mardi Gras parades last year, after 2020’s celebration became a superspreader event, leading to a surge in Covid-19 cases and deaths in the state.

With Mardi Gras over, New Orleans will lift its indoor mask mandate on Thursday, following the lead other U.S. cities in recent weeks that have ended COVID-19 restrictions.

New Orleans will reinstitute an indoor mask mandate to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in preparation for an expected influx of Mardi Gras visitors. Dr. Jennifer Avegno, the city's health ...

New Orleans has again entered Mardi Gras season — the big finale, Fat Tuesday, is Feb. 16 — and Ms. Watts, like many bar owners, has yet to sell much of the alcohol she purchased a year ago ...

Occasionally, they sought advice from instructor Kevin O’Sullivan, 27, who learned the fast-drying mask technique in 2015 at a workshop hosted by the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts.