UpdatedMon, Jan 25, 2021 at 9:34 am ET
Reply At the request of Wilton s health director, a Connecticut Department of Health COVID-19 response team will be assisting onsite beginning Monday. (Shutterstock)
RIDGEFIELD. CT The town Health Department has ordered the School Sisters of Notre Dame property and facilities closed to visitors and the public after 30 residents, in addition to staff, tested positive for the coronavirus.
The property is home to over 70 retired nuns, 15 of whom recently received vaccinations as
allowed under phase 1b, according to a news release from the Office of the First Selectwoman issued Sunday evening. The remaining residents and staff were scheduled to be vaccinated on Jan. 25 by Visiting Nurse and Hospice of Fairfield County.
COVID-19 vaccines may now be administered by certain Connecticut licensed health care professionals, according to the Connecticut Department of Public Health (CT DPH).
“The Department is interested in gathering information regarding individuals who are interested in volunteer or paid opportunities,” the CT DPH wrote in an email sent to health care professionals. “This information will be shared with providers who are hoping to expand their workforce to participate in mass vaccination efforts.”
Permitted professionals now include all physicians as well as physician’s assistants, nurses, nurse midwives, pharmacists, podiatrists, dentists, dental hygienists trained to administer anaesthesia, veterinarians, and some EMTs with specific training.
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Updated: 6:14 PM EST January 7, 2021
CONNECTICUT, USA January is National Radon Month. Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that can cause cancer.
The Connecticut Department of Health (DPH) is asking residents to test their homes for the gas which they say is the leading environmental cause of cancer mortality.
It is estimated by Health Officials that radon is responsible for more than 21,00 lung cancer deaths in the country. CT DPH says radon measurement and mitigation, when needed, is especially important during the COVID-19 as families spend more time in the lower levels of their houses where radon levels can be higher.
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Connecticut saw new increases in both COVID-19 hospitalizations and the positive-test rate, according to data released Tuesday, Jan. 5 by the Connecticut Department of Health.
A total of 30,458 tests were administered on Monday, Jan. 4 and 2,332 came back positive (7.66 percent rate).
There are now 1,149 patients currently hospitalized statewide with the virus, an increase of 38.
There have been 24 additional COVID-related deaths, with the total statewide during the pandemic now at 6,192.