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During this time when people are told to stay home to curb the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus), stores remain open to allow for the purchase of essential items.
Unfortunately, not everyone can get out for those much-needed items, like cleaning supplies.
Abbeville Councilwoman Terry Broussard and her team have been working to make sure that the most vulnerable who live in District D are not going without.
“It was important that my team and I do something,” Broussard said. “I know that the kids are being taken care of because they are being fed by the school system.

Many people are looking for ways to occupy an unprecedented amount of downtime.
Dee Duhon of Abbeville is using her time, and her abilities, to help others during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. Duhon is sewing masks that she is giving to people who are continuing to work in essential businesses.
Duhon has created masks she has given to employees at B’s Wild Wings, members of the Kaplan Volunteer Fire Department and people at stores.

While Louisiana’s COVID-19 case count appears to be leveling off, Governor John Bel Edwards Tuesday warned of taking slightly better numbers to mean infection rates are diminishing. The Louisiana Department of Health posted 1,417 additional Coronavirus cases since Monday, 400 less than the 1,857 new cases posted the day before.