While the state’s COVID infection rate remains low, health officials are trying to build trust to avoid a widespread resurgence.
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Spiking COVID rates spare Connecticut, but Lamont wary
Connecticut’s rolling seven-day infection rate is one of the lowest in the U.S. But the bars here will remain closed.
COVID-19 contact tracers brace for more cases as Connecticut reopens
Workers are training additional volunteers and staff for what they expect will be a new surge of COVID-19 cases.
DeLauro holds hearing on coronavirus response even as Trump bars Fauci’s testimony
Witnesses told DeLauro states like Connecticut should not reopen without much more testing and contact tracing.
COVID-19 reopening relies on a safety net still being woven
There’s never a good time for a pandemic. But this one arrived when local health departments are hurting.
As Connecticut hits COVID-19 peak, focus shifts to tracing and testing
Aggressive COVID-19 testing and contact tracing are the keys to easing restrictions on commerce that have left 439,000 residents unemployed.
Connecticut considers joining NY, NJ, in coronavirus contact tracing
Gov. Ned Lamont has his own ideas about contact tracing, but the state is not yet as prepared as others.