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CT vaccine priority to go by age and to educators, in reversal by Lamont
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Nurse Elin Loh assists Lt. Ken Benedict of the Bridgeport Fire Department as he administers a COVID-19 vaccination to a man at the weekly vaccination clinic held in the gymnasium of Central High School, in Bridgeport Feb. 10.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media
Gov. Ned Lamont announced Monday the state will expand COVID-19 vaccination eligibility next month through defined age groups
and to teachers, shifting priority away from essential workers and those with underlying medical conditions.
While state officials touted the new plan as a more efficient way to ramp up vaccinations, the approach deviates from guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And groups including the American Civil Liberties Union, the CT Food Association and several labor unions criticized the governor for leaving behind frontline essential workers and those with medical conditions that
By SARAH HERNDON, IMTIYAZ DELAWALA andd ANTHONY RIVAS, ABC News
(NEW YORK) Since the novel coronavirus first began spreading throughout the United States, health experts across the country have suggested that it would take a vaccine to stop the virus.
Americans have begun heeding that advice. Over 40 million Americans have received at least the first dose of one of the vaccines authorized for emergency use late last year, and as that number grows, the prospect of returning to physical workspaces becomes more real. Those who don t want to get vaccinated, experts say, may run into issues with their employer.