The single-dose COVID shot is key to CT’s rollout strategy, especially in cities.
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 COVID milestone: More than half of CT adults are now vaccinated
State officials are still continuing to encourage young adults to get the shot.
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How one Waterbury pastor is making a faith-based case for getting the vaccine
Connecticut ranks fifth in the percentage of the population with vaccinations. Still, racial disparities in the rollout remain.
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This tiny CT town has only one place to get the COVID vaccine. So the FEMA trailer is on the way to help.
On Thursday, the FEMA trailer will be in the town hall parking lot, the only place big enough for it.
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How people with disabilities are accessing the coronavirus vaccine
Many in the disability community are left to navigate the process on their own.
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At walk-up pop-up clinics, no-appointment needed for COVID shot
The clinic materialized after lunch and would disappear by dinner. It’s part of Hartford’s vaccine outreach.
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Gov. Ned Lamont says Connecticut’s age-based COVID vaccine rollout is saving more lives — But is it?
The unsatisfying answer is that the data are limited in what they can show, particularly now.
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More than 1,800 people could get vaccinated at home under new DPH program
Residents who wish to receive a vaccine at home must assert they are physically unable to get to a clinic.
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Proposal to eliminate CT’s religious exemption for mandatory vaccines is headed for a vote. Here’s what’s in the bill.
Although the legislature’s public health committee has until April 7 to advance the bill, a vote is expected Wednesday.
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State outlines medical conditions for special access to COVID vaccine; clinics planned for high school students
The state is trying to provide speedier vaccine access for people with five medical conditions.
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CT to hire 71-member ‘campaign’ team to push vaccines in 10 cities
Grossman Solutions will be paid from a $24 million fund of federal money.
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Since Friday, 80,000 people 45 to 54 signed up for COVID vaccine appointments, state says
As of Monday, 22% of people in that age bracket have received at least their first dose of the vaccine.
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‘The clouds are starting to open:’ Residents and staff remember hardship, contemplate future one year after COVID hit Connecticut’s nursing homes
Grace Davis was born during the Spanish flu and outlived two husbands. At 101 years old, she was still going strong when COVID-19 began its lethal spread through Connecticut’s nursing homes. Then in May, she caught the disease. “At first my symptoms were like what the flu would have been,” she said in a Zoom […]
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Lamont urges vigilance when many COVID-19 capacity limits are lifted Friday
With capacity limits lifting Friday on many gatherings, Gov. Ned Lamont urged residents Thursday to remain vigilant against the coronavirus.
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At an urban church, a prayer for greater COVID-19 vaccine access and outreach
The campaign to vaccinate Connecticut’s poorest streets came to a Bridgeport neighborhood where 25% of residents live in poverty.
