CT goes on offense in the battle against COVID with East Hartford mass vaccination site
1,600 people got their shot on the old Pratt & Whitney airfield as Connecticut, already top five in the country, kicked it s vaccination efforts into high gear. Author: Matt Caron Updated: 5:28 PM EST January 25, 2021
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. After months of playing defense, Connecticut is going on offense in the fight against COVID. On Monday, state officials gathered on the runway of a historic airfield in East Hartford which has now transformed into a mass vaccination center.
1,600 people got their shot on the old Pratt & Whitney airfield as Connecticut, already top five in the country, kicked it s vaccination efforts into high gear. Look at these lines of hope right here. This is what this means. People know what a difference this is going to make for our state and for our country, explained Gov. Ned Lamont.
State health officials are reporting one additional New Canaan death in their daily updates on COVID-19 virus, bringing the town’s total to 40 since the coronavirus set in last year.
The cumulative number of New Canaan cases reported by the Connecticut Department of Public Health increased by 17 over the weekend, to 938. The figure represents 43 more than the prior Monday, according to DPH data.
The latest New Canaan death among COVID-19 cases had been reflected in Friday’s figures from the state. It’s unclear what was the age of the individual who succumbed, or whether that individual had underlying medical conditions.
UConn Researcher Develops Town-Level Model for COVID-19 in Connecticut
UConn researchers have created the first COVID-19 model to focus on the town, rather than the state or national level.
Simulated cases by end of 2020. (Contributed by Peter Chen) Copy Link
UConn professor of geography Peter Chen has published a study in the January 2021 issue of the International Journal of Geographical Information Science outlining a comprehensive predictive model for COVID-19 in every Connecticut town based on travel behaviors.
This model, named the MSEIR model, is a major contribution to the field, as it is the first COVID-19 model to focus on the town, rather than the state or national level.
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Yale New Haven Health will operate vaccine clinics at the Parsons Complex on days when the city’s health department isn’t conducting its clinic. (Shutterstock)
MILFORD, CT The city is partnering with Yale to increase access to the coronavirus vaccine locally, officials announced Tuesday.
The city s health department currently partners with the Connecticut Department of Public Health to provide the COVID-19 vaccine as it s available in accordance with state guidelines. The Milford Health Department has held seven COVID-19 vaccination clinics at the Parsons Government Complex Gymnasium since vaccine distribution began in December, according to a news release.
Colchester A local man who survived Eastern equine encephalitis and then COVID-19 has returned home after more than a year in rehabilitation centers, where he alleges he was neglected, abused and forced to attempt suicide.
In August 2019, Richard Pawulski was a healthy 42-year-old man and a successful physical therapist who had just moved into his dream home in Colchester with his wife, Malgorzata, and their teenage daughter, Amellia. He was doing yard work on a summer day when he was unknowingly bitten by a mosquito carrying the deadly Eastern equine encephalitis virus, commonly known as EEE.
Pawulski started feeling flu-like symptoms on Aug. 22 and was soon taken to a hospital, where he slipped into a coma that lasted two months.