As the state pivots to a new age-based vaccination schedule, it will rely on mass vaccination centers across the state to solve a problem that has vexed the rollout — getting more shots to the state’s minority, mostly city-dwelling residents.Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration announced Monday it was abandoning its previous vaccination plan, which prioritized essential workers and those with certain medical conditions, in favor of an age-based rollout because, state officials said, it would allow the state to rapidly vaccinate more people. The only group specifically prioritized under the new...…As the state pivots to a new age-based vaccination schedule, it will rely on mass vaccination centers across the state to solve a problem that has vexed the rollout — getting more shots to the state’s minority, mostly city-dwelling residents.Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration announced Monday it was abandoning its previous vaccination plan, which prioritized essential workers and those with certain medical conditions, in favor of an age-based rollout because, state officials said, it would allow the state to rapidly vaccinate more people. The only group specifically prioritized under the new...WW…

AdvertisementBy Hartford CourantOct 01, 2020 at 10:51 am.A total of 57 people, including 46 residents, at the Harrington Court Nursing Home in Colchester have tested positive for the coronavirus as state officials deal with yet another outbreak in a long-term care facility.Russell Melmed, director of the Chatham Health District, said Thursday morning there had been no deaths so far, but that the outbreak, which is believed to have started early last week, is still not contained. However, the weekly count of COVID cases in nursing homes released following Gov. Ned Lamont’s press conference...…AdvertisementBy Hartford CourantOct 01, 2020 at 10:51 am.A total of 57 people, including 46 residents, at the Harrington Court Nursing Home in Colchester have tested positive for the coronavirus as state officials deal with yet another outbreak in a long-term care facility.Russell Melmed, director of the Chatham Health District, said Thursday morning there had been no deaths so far, but that the outbreak, which is believed to have started early last week, is still not contained. However, the weekly count of COVID cases in nursing homes released following Gov. Ned Lamont’s press conference...WW…

AdvertisementBy Hartford CourantJul 17, 2020 at 6:47 pmA Hartford baby who died in late March and who was initially called the youngest COVID death in the country by Gov. Ned Lamont, died from unexplained causes, the chief state’s medical examiner’s office announced late Friday afternoon.Lung tissue from the 6½-week-old infant tested by the CDC confirmed a COVID-19 infection, but Chief State’s Medical Examiner James Gill said Friday not enough is known about how the virus impacts infants to know if it had any role in the baby’s death.AdvertisementGill listed “unsafe sleep in bassinet with...…AdvertisementBy Hartford CourantJul 17, 2020 at 6:47 pmA Hartford baby who died in late March and who was initially called the youngest COVID death in the country by Gov. Ned Lamont, died from unexplained causes, the chief state’s medical examiner’s office announced late Friday afternoon.Lung tissue from the 6½-week-old infant tested by the CDC confirmed a COVID-19 infection, but Chief State’s Medical Examiner James Gill said Friday not enough is known about how the virus impacts infants to know if it had any role in the baby’s death.AdvertisementGill listed “unsafe sleep in bassinet with...WW…

AdvertisementBy Hartford CourantMay 06, 2020 at 6:00 amNearly 90% of the COVID-related deaths recorded by the state last week occurred in nursing homes as COVID-19 continues to attack residents of long-term care facilities and the state prepares to partially reopen later this month.AdvertisementBetween April 22 and April 29, the state’s death total rose from 1,544 to 2,089, or 545 new deaths, according to data released by the state Department of Public Health. In that same seven-day period nursing home deaths rose from 768 to 1,249, meaning 481 among the 545 new deaths — about 88% — were...…AdvertisementBy Hartford CourantMay 06, 2020 at 6:00 amNearly 90% of the COVID-related deaths recorded by the state last week occurred in nursing homes as COVID-19 continues to attack residents of long-term care facilities and the state prepares to partially reopen later this month.AdvertisementBetween April 22 and April 29, the state’s death total rose from 1,544 to 2,089, or 545 new deaths, according to data released by the state Department of Public Health. In that same seven-day period nursing home deaths rose from 768 to 1,249, meaning 481 among the 545 new deaths — about 88% — were...WW…

AdvertisementBy Hartford CourantMay 14, 2020 at 6:00 amThe path that led to nearly $15 million in personal protective equipment arriving at a New Britain warehouse this week started with Ray Dalio, the Connecticut billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates, and led to the Chinese bank he works closely with, an ambassador and a couple of developers known as the “kings of the south end” in Stamford.“It was a little tricky,” Gov. Ned Lamont said as he stood in the state’s warehouse in New Britain earlier this week with boxes of masks and surgical gowns — the liquid gold of the PPE market...…AdvertisementBy Hartford CourantMay 14, 2020 at 6:00 amThe path that led to nearly $15 million in personal protective equipment arriving at a New Britain warehouse this week started with Ray Dalio, the Connecticut billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates, and led to the Chinese bank he works closely with, an ambassador and a couple of developers known as the “kings of the south end” in Stamford.“It was a little tricky,” Gov. Ned Lamont said as he stood in the state’s warehouse in New Britain earlier this week with boxes of masks and surgical gowns — the liquid gold of the PPE market...WW…