Officials confident in COVID vaccine as CT reports first UK variant death
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Medical personnel of DOCS Urgent Care Stamford administer a COVID-19 nasal swab tests to residents of Stamford s Westside at a walk up testing site for the Coronavirus at AME Bethel Church in Stamford, Connecticut on May 2, 2020.Matthew Brown / Hearst Connecticut Media
While Connecticut has reported its first death associated with the highly contagious UK variant of the coronavirus, officials remain confident the vaccine will offer ample protection.
A state Department of Public health official said Tuesday the person was between the ages of 30 and 40, but could not disclose any other information, including where the person lived or if they had traveled before becoming ill. The official said the person was among 81 confirmed Connecticut cases associated with what is known as the B.1.1.7 variant of the virus.
Takes the edge off a little: Greenwich s private school educators among those getting COVID vaccines
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A group of Greenwich Academy staff members at the Greenwich, Conn., Town Hall vaccination clinic in March 2021.Contributed /Show MoreShow Less
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Westport s John Backus, 91, prepares to receive the COVID-19 vaccine from Elaine Jara, RN, during the Greenwich Hospital COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Brunswick Lower School Campus in Greenwich, Conn. Monday, Jan. 25, 2021.File / Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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15 booths are set up for patients during the Greenwich Hospital COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Brunswick Lower School Campus in Greenwich, Conn. Monday, Jan. 25, 2021.File / Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less