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Vaccination

Posted inHealth

State health commissioner: Ahead of holidays, ‘Look at the risk level of those coming to your dinner.’

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jenna Carlesso and Kasturi Pananjady November 22, 2021 @ 6:58 pmFebruary 4, 2022 @ 12:59 pm

State officials also encouraged Connecticut residents to get a booster shot ahead of the holidays.

Posted inHealth

Religious exemptions to COVID vaccine more common among state agency workers

Avatar photo by Kasturi Pananjady November 11, 2021 @ 5:00 amAugust 2, 2022 @ 10:16 pm

Health care workers in state agencies are claiming exemptions to vaccine mandates at a higher rate than workers outside government.

Posted inNews

Newest state workers face termination over COVID-19 mandates

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Kasturi Pananjady and Mark Pazniokas October 7, 2021 @ 4:12 pmJanuary 24, 2022 @ 8:20 pm

Probationary state employees will be the first suspended over Gov. Ned Lamont’s COVID-19 vaccination-or-test mandates.

Posted inNews

Lamont: State employees responding to vaccination deadline

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas October 4, 2021 @ 5:18 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 1:04 am

Gov. Ned Lamont said Monday he believes most state employees will report evidence of vaccination or testing before midnight.

Posted inEducation

Vaccinated? Connecticut schools now asking teachers for proof

by Jim Haddadin, Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, Walter Smith-Randolph | Connecticut Public Radio August 30, 2021 @ 4:10 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 1:01 am

School districts are required to record the vaccination status of all school employees, but not many have done it yet.

Posted inHealth

To vaccinate young adults in CT, Lamont turns to the concert scene

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas June 25, 2021 @ 3:58 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:57 am

Jim Koplik has promoted the Stones, McCartney and Springsteen. Let’s see what he can do with J&J, Moderna and Pfizer.

Posted inHealth

As mass vaccination centers take the lead in the COVID race, the push is on to reach the most vulnerable

Avatar photo by Dave Altimari February 25, 2021 @ 3:16 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:51 am

While mass vaccination sites have helped overall vaccination rates, they have not reached the state’s most vulnerable populations.

Posted inHealth

State goes over 100,000 dose mark in vaccinations of long-term care residents and staff

Avatar photo by Dave Altimari February 12, 2021 @ 5:10 pmAugust 3, 2022 @ 10:21 am

At the beginning of this week, almost all nursing home residents have had at least one dose of vaccine.

Posted inNews

More than 75,000 COVID vaccines administered in CT, among top rates in US

Avatar photo by Jenna Carlesso January 4, 2021 @ 7:26 pmAugust 3, 2022 @ 10:37 am

Lamont says an “overwhelming” number of nursing home residents received the vaccine.

Posted inHealth

Proponents of bill ending Connecticut’s religious exemption to vaccines eye special session for vote

Avatar photo by Jenna Carlesso May 28, 2020 @ 5:00 amAugust 3, 2022 @ 10:46 am

Lawmakers are also considering an amendment that would bar families from claiming a religious exemption to a future COVID-19 vaccine.

Posted inHealth

Lawmakers debate ‘grandfathering’ unvaccinated children in effort to repeal religious exemption

Avatar photo by Jenna Carlesso December 23, 2019 @ 5:00 amMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:20 am

To give the bill a better chance of passing, proponents are exploring ways to make it less contentious, including allowing some unvaccinated students to stay in school.

Posted inHealth

DPH commissioner finds her voice on immunizations

Avatar photo by Jenna Carlesso September 16, 2019 @ 3:50 pmMay 19, 2022 @ 7:59 pm

Gov. Ned Lamont promised Monday to take the lead on the repeal of religious exemptions for school-age vaccinations.

Posted inHealth

Lawyer for Bristol couple fights to keep school vaccination data private

Avatar photo by Jenna Carlesso September 9, 2019 @ 3:12 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:16 am

The couple’s lawyer argued that school-level immunization data would be used as “a scare tactic to try to bully people into vaccinating.”

Posted inHealth

Lawyers for state say school-level vaccination data won’t be released until October

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jenna Carlesso and Kathleen Megan August 30, 2019 @ 3:07 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:14 am

School officials have until Sept. 6 to report immunization data from 2018-19 to the health department. After that, the health department will process and sort the data, which is expected to take weeks.

Posted inHealth

No vote to end religious vaccine exemptions this year

Avatar photo by Jenna Carlesso May 16, 2019 @ 1:09 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:11 am

Lawmakers abandoned their quest this year because they couldn’t reach agreement on what to do with unvaccinated children already in school.

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