WATCH: Coronavirus Update #12

As COVID-19 cases resurge in Louisiana and Tangipahoa Parish, Dr. Robert Peltier urges getting back to basics when it comes to universal precautions to help flatten the curve. He speaks to masking and its safety and shares recommendations for timing of testing after a close contact exposure.

Dr. Peltier, who is an internal medicine physician and tropical medicine specialist, serves as chief medical officer of North Oaks Health System in Hammond, Louisiana.