Natalie Kikkenborg is beginning to feel like herself again three weeks after the 36-year-old’s temperature shot up to 102.
COVID-19
The Connecticut Mirror is covering the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact in Connecticut. Read our most recent stories and in-depth reporting below.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
A global community turned upside down
A few weeks ago, I couldn’t quite figure out how to welcome my students back from their spring break. In the two weeks since we had met, our world had changed. The subject matter for this course was all too relevant, globalization; that is, as we defined it, the increasing economic, cultural, political and environmental interconnectedness of the world. Except that interconnectedness had suddenly turned on itself.
Posted inHealth
COVID-19 still hitting hardest in Fairfield, New Haven counties
Another 124 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized and 33 died overnight and early Saturday in Connecticut.
Posted inHealth
The COVID-19 wave approaches. Connecticut searches for ventilators.
Connecticut will need 4,000 ventilators when COVID-19 peaks later this month. It currently has only 1,100.
Posted inJustice
To protect its residents, Manson Youth Institution adapts for COVID-19
There are six youths considered “medically compromised” who are currently incarcerated at the Cheshire prison.
Posted inHealth
COVID-19 will alter daily life in Connecticut for months; cases expected to peak in coming weeks
The latest tallies Friday — an additional 1,000 cases — underscored the speed and severity of the pandemic.
Posted inMoney
Online gambling during COVID-19? Lamont: ‘I must decline.’
Gov. Ned Lamont declined Friday to use his emergency powers to legalize online gambling during the COVID-19 outbreak,
Posted inHealth
CT doctors seek coronavirus health coverage for the undocumented
Saying undocumented families pose an obstacle to keeping the coronavirus from spreading, 185 Connecticut doctors want HUSKY coverage for them.
Posted inNews
CT enrollment in food stamps soars, but there’s a wait for benefits
Applications in Connecticut for food stamps have more than tripled and further increases are expected.
Posted inHealth, Justice
ACLU of Connecticut sues Lamont, Cook to reduce the prison population to prevent the spread of COVID-19
“Once the virus comes in, it’s going to spread like wildfire,” said one of the incarcerated plaintiffs.
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Most NE nuclear power offline due to timing fluke and problem
All but unnoticed as coronavirus tears through – the New England power grid is without 75% of its nuclear power.
Posted inNews
At-home mask-makers helping meet the need statewide
Volunteers statewide are making protective masks, including this New Haven organization.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
A doctor’s message to ICE: Release asylum seekers to prevent COVID-19 spread
As a physician and advocate for human rights, I strongly urge our federal administration to continue to uphold international and U.S. asylum laws in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Release asylum seekers detained for entry-related offenses with a community-based alternative, and suspend “as usual” ICE procedures.
Posted inMoney
Homeowners get 90-day pass on mortgage bills. Renters still owe rent
There’s help for homeowners who can’t pay their mortgages, but renters aren’t getting a reprieve.
Posted inHealth
State won’t reveal coronavirus spread in nursing homes, leaving families in the dark
State officials have reported overall numbers of nursing home cases. But loved ones, barred from visitation, want more specific information.
