Nearly 75% of the 600+ long-term care facilities reported that 95% of their staff are immunized against COVID,
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The Connecticut Mirror is covering the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact in Connecticut. Read our most recent stories and in-depth reporting below.
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California is mandating the COVID vaccine for kids. Could Connecticut be next?
Connecticut’s new public health commissioner supports a vaccine mandate for children once it receives full FDA approval. She’s not alone.
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A week after staff vaccination deadline, about half of CT nursing homes had rates under 96%
At least 98 nursing homes had staff COVID vaccination rates under 96% six days after the vaccination mandate deadline.
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Hanes got out of the mask business. Connecticut is trying.
Once, Connecticut couldn’t get masks at any price. Now, it can’t get rid of 202,500 masks made by Hanes.
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Lamont ups pressure on state employees to get COVID-19 vaccinations
Connecticut has begun to suspend permanent state employees who are not vaccinated or being tested for COVID-19.
Posted inHealth
Resident vaccination rates fluctuating in nursing homes
While the overall vaccination rate among residents remains high, rapid turnover has some facilities reporting rates as low as 66%.
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We’re losing our humanity, and the pandemic is to blame
People’s pandemic views have evolved to into beliefs. That makes people more likely to accept incivility to achieve their ends.
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Lamont terminates probationary workers over COVID-19 noncompliance
The dozen employees refused to comply with Gov. Ned Lamont’s order to get vaccinated or tested.
Posted inEducation
15% of community college students have non-medical vaccine exemptions
Nearly 15% of the students enrolled at Connecticut community colleges have received non-medical exemptions from the system’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, a rate that administrators suggested could be brought down with efforts to educate students about the vaccine. Of the 37,116 students enrolled at the state’s community colleges this semester, 71% are fully or partially vaccinated; 5,479 […]
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Newest state workers face termination over COVID-19 mandates
Probationary state employees will be the first suspended over Gov. Ned Lamont’s COVID-19 vaccination-or-test mandates.
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Survey: Pandemic recovery highlights inequities in Connecticut
The coronavirus exacerbated the state’s existing inequities, and pandemic recovery continues to be a tale of two Connecticuts.
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CT state employee COVID-19 testing-or-vaccination compliance is 96%
With the high rate of compliance with a COVID-19 vaccination mandate, Gov. Ned Lamont opted against suspending non-compliant employees.
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Lamont: State employees responding to vaccination deadline
Gov. Ned Lamont said Monday he believes most state employees will report evidence of vaccination or testing before midnight.
Posted inHealth
Covid is killing rural Americans at twice the rate of urbanites
The high incidence of cases and low vaccination rates don’t fully capture why mortality rates are higher in rural areas.
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CT hospitals see spike in religious exemptions for mandated COVID vaccines
Hospital executives have had to grapple with whether people claiming religious exemptions have sincere religious beliefs or vaccine hesitancy.