New Orleans proof of vaccination, negative COVID-19 test According to the new guidelines, the following businesses will be affected:

• Indoor dining and drinking such as restaurants, bars, breweries, microbreweries, distilleries and microdistilleries
• Indoor fitness such as gyms and indoor group fitness centers or individual fitness classes
• Indoor entertainment and/or performances, indoor sports complexes/stadiums/arenas, concert and music halls
• Event spaces (hotel ballroom, event venue, reception halls)
• Pool halls, bowling alleys, indoor play centers, arcades, skating rinks, indoor playgrounds and arcades
• Adult live performance venues
• Casinos, racetracks and video poker establishments
• Indoor amusement facilities

Acceptable evidence of a COVID-19 vaccination includes:

• LA Wallet App’s SMART Health Card,
• An original, digital photograph, or photocopy of CDC Vaccination Card (both sides)
• An official vaccine record issued by another state, a foreign nation, or the World Health Organization

Masks Mandated Indoors: The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) has updated its guidance for masks effective August 4, 2021. The new guidance requires all people ages 5 and above - vaccinated and unvaccinated – to wear face masks while indoors.