The memo emphasized that COVID vaccine providers must do a better job of tracking race and ethnicity data.
Dave Altimari
Dave does in-depth investigative reporting for CT Mirror. His work focuses on government accountability including financial oversight, abuse of power, corruption, safety monitoring, and compliance with law. Before joining CT Mirror Altimari spent 23 years at the Hartford Courant breaking some of the state’s biggest, most impactful investigative stories.
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As problems continue with federal vaccine system, more and more vaccinators turning to other ways to fill clinics
The result is a potpourri of options but a potential lack of coordination.
Posted inHealth
Lamont ends legal immunity for nursing homes, hospitals
Legal immunity for nursing homes and hospitals will end March 1, nearly a year after the state imposed the order.
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State to expand hours and add more people to schedule vaccine appointments
Phone lines will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week starting Monday.
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State to offer nursing home staff another chance to get vaccinated as deaths continue to decline in state’s long-term care facilities
Officials believe 50% to 60% of the state’s more than 25,000 nursing home employees have now been vaccinated.
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Hundreds scrambling for vaccines in Eastern Connecticut after hospitals cancel appointments
First-dose clinics are “paused” and any second-dose appointments that had not come through their systems originally are cancelled.
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‘Socially vulnerable’ towns and cities still lag behind in vaccinations for 75-and-older, even as tiny Roxbury nears 100%
Many of the towns that are doing better, small or large, have health departments that are running weekly vaccination clinics.
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Lamont to extend restaurant curfew to 11 p.m., loosen restrictions on religious gatherings
Gov. Ned Lamont stopped short of fully lifting the curfew for restaurants, as neighboring states have done.
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Some CT cities among the places with lowest vaccination rates of 75+ residents
Seven communities have yet to vaccinate 25 percent of their elderly population, including three cities: Bridgeport, New Britain and Waterbury.
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The latest tool in Connecticut to get vaccines to people, or people to vaccines: Uber
Vernon officials are using Uber to bring people to vaccine clinics. It’s a first in the nation.
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As state’s death toll from COVID passes 7,000, Lamont considers relaxing occupancy rules for churches
With more than 35% of the 75+ population vaccinated and COVID indicators dropping, Lamont weighs lifting caps on church occupancy
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Michael Ferrigon had asthma and diabetes. The state transferred him to the prison with the most COVID deaths.
Many who died of COVID in prison were serving life sentences. But none of them was sentenced to death.
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The state’s largest COVID vaccine center is up and running — but so far, there’s no formal plan to pay for it
State officials say the vaccine rollout is similar to the mass testing plans and hunt for protective equipment last spring.
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‘It’s a nightmare:’ A growing number of seniors are unable to book vaccine appointments as problems mount
The state acknowledged Friday in an email to local health workers that some residents are waiting days for a callback.
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Vaccinations in nursing homes top 64,000; COVID cases are dropping rapidly among residents
There were 238 COVID infections reported in nursing homes last week, down from 483 a few weeks ago.