Vaccine mandates, education cited as helping to get the most buy-in.
COVID-19 Vaccine
As of July 2022, 80% of Connecticut residents have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Learn more about the vaccine and its impact below.
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A barber’s deal in Hartford: Get a COVID shot, and the haircut is free
Popsicles and haircuts were the lure Wednesday at COVID vaccination clinic in Hartford, which badly lags the statewide vaccination rate.
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The Pfizer COVID vaccine now has full approval. Will that mean more mandates in CT?
“This should further reassure those who decided to wait,” Deidre Gifford, Connecticut’s acting commissioner of public health, said.
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COVID booster shots starting in September as delta variant spreads and breakthrough cases rise
Connecticut hospitals and health districts were gearing up to administer booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines in late September.
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UConn issues COVID vaccine mandate for all employees
The mandate includes employees at UConn Health and at the university’s five campuses.
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Lamont orders long-term care facilities to get workers vaccinated or face fines
Workers at long-term care facilities must be vaccinated by Sept. 7 or their workplaces will face a $20,000 daily penalty.
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Hundreds of UConn students ask for vaccine exemptions
More than 800 want exemptions from the university’s coronavirus vaccine mandate. More than 500 have been granted.
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Lamont to unions: Broader vaccine requirements may be coming
Gov. Ned Lamont recently warned labor unions he’s weighing a vaccination requirement for state employees.
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For work and family, some vaccine holdouts decide to get the shot
Whether their jobs required it or because family members encouraged them, about a dozen holdouts decided to get vaccinated Monday.
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More children are being vaccinated, but rate of COVID cases continues to climb in Connecticut
Gov. Ned Lamont’s office reported an additional 295 cases Thursday out of 13,270 tests, amounting to a 2.2% positivity rate.
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Hospitals hope mandates will boost workers’ stagnant vaccination rates
Most hospitals will require workers to be vaccinated against COVID by Sept. 30, even though workers’ vaccination rates have slowed.
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Special clinics use federal funds — and new methods — to vaccinate the state’s developmentally disabled
Advocates say some developmentally disabled people have struggled to get vaccinated. A federal grant is paying to address the problem.
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Connecticut hospitals are requiring staff to get vaccinated against COVID. Will other health providers follow?
The effort comes as the highly contagious Delta variant gains a stronger foothold in Connecticut and elsewhere.
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Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center nurses make steep climb to vaccinate seafarers
They put on pink hard hats and climb aboard to vaccinate merchant sailors from all over the world.
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As mass vaccination sites close, focus turns to mobile clinics to reach targeted groups
As vaccination rates have slowed, mass vaccination sites have closed while the state shifted its focus to smaller clinics.