Lamont: Preparations underway for COVID-19 vaccine to be received in CT as early as Monday news12.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from news12.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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On Sunday, Gov. Ned Lamont announced that the Connecticut COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Group’s Science Subcommittee has submitted recommendations to him that the state’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan start at the earliest opportunity. (Shutterstock)
CONNECTICUT On Sunday, Gov. Ned Lamont announced that the Connecticut COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Group s Science Subcommittee has submitted recommendations to him that the state s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan start at the earliest opportunity.
The recommendation comes after the subcommittee reviewed all available scientific and trial data from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the FDA s Vaccine and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, clinical trial information provided by Pfizer and BioNTech, and peer-reviewed scientific publications about the vaccine and its clinical testing, Lamont said in a news release.
It is just one of the heart wrenching byproducts of the pandemic. The inability to visit loved ones in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. With the Covid-19 vaccine only weeks away though, there is hope. Among the first people scheduled to get the Covid-19 vaccine are nursing home residents and staff members. December 12th to December 28th is the… Christmas Dec 12, 2020
Will you be my Christmas pen pal? It’s a small request that’s had a big response. “You can tell that when the residents open up one of the letters, they get so happy. You can see that they’re reminded that people out there still care for them and no one has forgotten about them,” said Countryside Manor of Bristol.
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The total number of Darien households directly impacted by the coronavirus this year stands at 380 (Shutterstock)
DARIEN, CT Since the beginning of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in March, 517 Darien residents have been infected with the virus, nearly 60 of which were reported in the past two weeks, according to First Selectman Jayme Stevenson.
The total number of local households directly impacted by the coronavirus this year stands at 380, and the town s rate of infection is 3.4 percent.
Over the two-week period, Darien s rolling average of coronavirus cases was 33.5 per 100,000 people, according to state health officials, and as a result, the community remains one of Connecticut s red alert towns. Red alert status means the number of COVID-19 cases exceeds 15 per 100,000 people.