Officials trumpeted how quickly they readied COVID testing in 2020. Now local leaders are asking how omicron caught them unprepared.
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Falling COVID counts in wastewater could signal end of omicron wave
Measuring COVID in sewage has been a reliable indicator of the virus’ spread, but Connecticut pulled program funding last year.
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Health care workers, already under strain, seeing record COVID infections
Health care workers are contracting COVID at higher rates than ever, and changes in federal policies are complicating the problems.
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As COVID rates rise, state remains committed to keeping schools open
State leaders stressed their commitment to keeping schools open, despite school districts delaying students’ return to classrooms.
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COVID-19 tests starting to arrive in CT after ‘airtight agreement’ fell apart
A promised order of 1.5 million COVID-19 tests that was supposed to heading to CT is not coming.
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COVID positivity rates soar to 17.8% in CT, but hospitalizations remain under control
Connecticut’s COVID cases have hit rates not seen since the beginning of the pandemic: 17.8% positivity and 7,520 new cases.
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COVID test kits haven’t arrived in CT; Local distributions set for Thursday postponed
At-home COVID-19 testing kits haven’t arrived yet, and towns might have to cancel distribution plans that some scheduled for Thursday.
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Lamont uses federal COVID money to fund one-time tax relief for poor
Gov. Ned Lamont will re-direct $75 million in expiring federal COVID-19 relief into one-time tax refunds for Connecticut’s working poor.
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State to distribute millions of COVID testing kits and N95 masks
Connecticut will begin distributing more than 3 million COVID-19 at-home tests and 6 million N95 masks as early as Thursday.
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With COVID cases increasing again in nursing homes, officials mull mandates
With less than 30% of nursing home staff having received a booster shot, some providers are considering a booster mandate.
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Lamont pushes COVID testing, declines new mandates
Connecticut is expanding testing for COVID-19, but no new restrictions or mandates are contemplated, the governor said Monday.
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CT’s COVID positivity rate tops 8% as 2nd case of omicron variant is recorded
A second CT instance of the omicron variant of COVID-19 was discovered in Fairfield County.
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Two-thirds of nursing home residents have received COVID boosters
Just over one-in-five nursing home staff who were eligible for COVID booster shots had received one by Nov. 21.
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More than 100 long-term care facilities still haven’t reported vaccination rates to the state
Nearly 75% of the 600+ long-term care facilities reported that 95% of their staff are immunized against COVID,
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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.