New Canaan’s highest elected official on Tuesday urged residents to avoid the types of Christmas gatherings that will lead to yet another spike in COVID-19 virus cases.
First Selectman Kevin Moynihan noted during a regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen that New Canaan continues “to see the effects of Thanksgiving gatherings.”
“And we are approaching Christmas season, where we are going to see another wave of Christmas gatherings and travel,” Moynihan said during the meeting, held via videoconference.
“Governor [Ned] Lamont’s comments [Monday] at his press conference, I think were very much on target, that we have the ability to control what’s going to happen, whether we are going to keep our stores open and our schools open, or whether we are going to close down like many others states and many countries,” Moynihan continued.
[ co-author: Michael Lisitano]
On December 7, 2020, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed Executive Order No. 9Q (the “Order”) in anticipation of the approval of COVID-19 vaccines. The Order addresses and expands COVID-19 vaccine administration, establishes flu vaccine reporting requirements for pharmacists, and limits out-of-network charges for administration of authorized COVID-19 vaccines. Specifically, the Order:
Modifies Connecticut law governing the administration of vaccines to adults by licensed pharmacists to allow pharmacists to administer: (i) a COVID-19 vaccine that is approved or authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to adults; (ii) a COVID-19 vaccine that is approved or authorized by the FDA for use in patients over the age of ten to such minor patients over the age of ten; and (iii) an influenza vaccine approved by the FDA for use in patients over the age of ten to such patients over the age of ten. The Order notes that pharmacists are only allo
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