Guinea pig stuck in snowbank among latest rescues for this animal control officer
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Brad Hedden, Cornwall’s animal control officer, rescues a guinea pig in the snow.Erin Hedden / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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Brad Hedden sees the guinea pig in the snow in Cornwall.Erin Hedden / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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The guinea pig that was rescued by Brad Hedden, Cornwall’s animal control officerErin Hedden / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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CORNWALL Under a pile of rocks in thick snow on Flat Rocks Road was a cold little brown guinea pig. It had made a burrow for itself and was most likely in it for several days, according to Cornwall animal control officer Brad Hedden.
BY MICHAEL PUFFER REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
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Waterbury Hospital ICU nurse Monica Erwin, right, gets her COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Martha Calabrese when staff received their vaccines at the hospital. Jim Shannon Republican-American
WATERBURY Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday announced plans to spend $40 million to help 25 hospitals struggling to maintain the costs of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“This funding recognizes the front-line role Connecticut hospitals and their dedicated employees have played throughout this pandemic,” Lamont said. “It is not an overstatement to say this role has been heroic and continues to be indispensable as we all work together to defeat the virus.”
Hospitals say COVID-19 precautions are helping people avoid the flu
BY BRIGITTE RUTHMAN REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
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HARTFORD In what might turn out to be an unexpected silver lining in a pandemic, the flu season has been held off by COVID-19 precautions.
Hartford HealthCare’s statewide hospital network was treating just one case of seasonal flu on Thursday. Statewide, 13 cases have been reported at what is now the usual peak of seasonal influenza.
Last year by this time, nearly 2,200 cases were reported, said Keith Grant, senior system director for infection prevention at Hartford HealthCare, during a press briefing Thursday morning.
The flu season typically runs from January to April.
Nor’easter cancels COVID-19 vaccination clinics We re going to be able to get everybody vaccinated, but just at a little slower pace, Lamont says
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HARTFORD The first big snowstorm of 2021 forced cancellations of COVID-19 vaccination clinics across the state, setting back the administration timetable.
Gov. Ned Lamont reported Monday morning that nor’easter was not expected to disrupt vaccine shipments that are scheduled to be delivered Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning.
“Right now, everything is on schedule,” he said. “Unfortunately, a lot of it is scheduled for later today so we’ll have to see what the storm is, but right now everything is on schedule,” he said.
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