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Updated on:Feb 16, 2021, 9:37pm EST
Gov. Ned Lamont received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine today at a clinic in Bloomfield.
The governor, who is 67, became eligible to receive the vaccine when the state expanded phase 1B of its vaccination program last week to include individuals between the ages of 65 and 74.
The clinic is organized by Trinity Health of New England for members of the church’s congregation who are over the age of 65.
Other participants slated to join the governor included Connecticut Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Robinson, state Treasurer Shawn Wooden, state Rep. Bobby Gibson, and Dr. Reginald J. Eadie, president and CEO of Trinity Health of New England.
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S. Prestley Blake ‘a giant of a man’ remembered for drive, energy by wife, Helen
Updated Feb 12, 2021;
Posted Feb 12, 2021
Helen Davis Blake and S. Prestley Blake at the Springfield College President s Gala at MGM Springfield on Oct. 26, 2019. (Ed Cohen photo)
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The drive that made S. Prestley Blake and the Friendly’s chain he founded with his brother, Curtis, in the depths of the Great Depression a success didn’t waiver, even in Blake’s final weeks.
“Pres was always in command, right up until the last minute,” his wife of 38 years, Helen, said Friday. “The most dreaded words every morning were ‘I have an idea’.”
The COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Plan in Connecticut By Emily Paulin , April 13, 2021 12:36 PM
En español | Who can get vaccinated now?
People 16 and older who live, work or attend school in Connecticut
Priority access will be given to people with an intellectual or developmental disability, sickle cell disease, end-stage renal disease on dialysis, a solid organ transplant, Down syndrome, or who are undergoing active cancer treatment
All patients of Connecticut Children s and Yale New Haven Children s Hospital will also be given priority
Connecticut has paused distribution of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine because of a type of blood clot that has developed in some women after vaccination. The federal government has called the reaction “extremely rare” but “serious.” If you have an appointment for the J&J vaccine, your provider or state or local health departmen