As a business reporter, I write about small businesses opening and closing, manufacturing, food and drink, labor issues and economic data. I particularly love writing about the impact of state and federal policy on local businesses. I also do some education reporting, covering colleges in southeastern Connecticut and regional K-12 issues.
Erica Moser
As a business reporter, I write about small businesses opening and closing, manufacturing, food and drink, labor issues and economic data. I particularly love writing about the impact of state and federal policy on local businesses. I also do some education reporting, covering colleges in southeastern Connecticut and regional K-12 issues.
Prospect ECHN and Trinity Health of New England officials confirmed Friday they are prepared to distribute the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to health care workers as early as next week once the Food and Drug Administration approves the vaccine.
A U.S. government advisory panel to the FDA gave approval for the vaccine this week, and the FDA gave the final green light Friday night.
Daniel Delgallo, president of business development for ECHN, which owns Manchester Memorial Hospital and Rockville General Hospital, said Friday that the hospitals will receive 975 doses of the vaccine on Monday once officials meet the criteria to have special freezers kept at minus 70 degree for three consecutive days for the vaccines.
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Gov. Ned Lamont, joined by an sign language interpreter, displayed a vaccination schedule at his virtual briefing Thursday.
With the Food and Drug Administration poised to authorize the emergency use of the first COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday that Connecticut expects to administer the first doses on Tuesday to front-line medical personnel, with nursing home patients to follow a week later.
Lamont called the distribution of the vaccine an incredibly complex undertaking, with challenging logistics and difficult policy decisions about who will get priority among medical providers and vulnerable residents.
“It’s going to be tough, but we’re going to do it, and we’re going to do it right,” Lamont said at the second of his twice-a-week COVID briefings. “And I think this is going to be a new spring for Connecticut and our country.”
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Earlier in his career, he had also been a volunteer firefighter in Suffield for 12 years.
Billings has held every rank in the Manchester department during his three-decade-career, from volunteer to battalion chief.
In addition to being chief, Billings also serves as the townâs emergency management director.
âYou just know itâs time,â Billings said this morning about his retirement.
He said his wife recently retired after working as a nurse at Manchester Memorial Hospital for 41 years. The couple have been planning to retire together and do some travelling to visit family.
He will miss his work, though. Billings said the fire service had him hooked when he was just 15 years old and began his time as a volunteer firefighter in Suffield.