Nursing homes see big decline in COVID-19 cases
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This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. The illness caused by this virus has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) released a report earlier this week that claims nursing homes across the country are starting to see their lowest total of new COVID-19 cases since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Experts concerned that rolling back restrictions will cause a COVID surge in CT
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Nancy Geary, an RN with Danbury Hospital, takes information from a person waiting at Danbury’s first mass COVID-19 vaccination site on Thrusday in Danbury.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut Media
Gov. Ned Lamont’s decision to loosen COVID-19 restrictions has experts concerned about an increase in coronavirus cases and possibly deaths.
“I am concerned that we, yet again, have lulled ourselves into a false belief that we have gotten SARS-CoV-2 under control,” said immunologist Kristian G. Andersen on Twitter. “We’re getting close much closer, in fact but we’re not there. Yet.”