720,000 CT residents could be added to next wave of COVID vaccines
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Front-line workers are vaccinated with the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on the first day of vaccinations in Norwich, Connecticut, on December 15, 2020.JOSEPH PREZIOSO / TNS
A key panel of experts on Gov. Ned Lamont’s Vaccine Advisory Group wants to add about 720,000 Connecticut residents to the list of people next in line for COVID-19 vaccinations.
The group on Tuesday recommended that people ages 65 and older and those of all ages with conditions that put them more at risk for COVID-19 should be included in the next round of vaccinations.
The Biden plan comes as a divided nation remains caught in the grip of the pandemic s most dangerous wave yet. So far, more than 380,000 Americans have died.
REGIONAL â As anti-incarceration advocates slammed the Alameda County Sheriff s Office for a recent spike of COVID-19 cases among inmates and staff inside the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, jail officials said Monday that quarantining and other procedures have slowed the spread.
Department officials reported on Dec. 30 that 12 staff members and 109 inmates had tested positive for the coronavirus, the second highest number since July, when 110 inmates contracting the illness. In the days that followed, the numbers dropped to 76 on Jan. 6 and 12 on Sunday.
The number of affected staff members fell to five. This is the second outbreak we ve had of the pandemic, said Sgt. Ray Kelly, a department spokesman. We ve managed to fight back against the outbreak, and we ve lowered the cases to 12.