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400 COVID vaccines unused at New Canaan clinic, first selectman says Grace Duffield FacebookTwitterEmail Human Service Director Bethany Zaros gave First Selectman Kevin Moynihan his a vaccine at Lapham Center in Waveny Park in New Canaan Feb. 10.Contributed photo Hearst Connecticut Media / NEW CANAAN — First Selectman Kevin Moynihan said interest in the COVID vaccine could be “waning” in town after 400 vaccines went unused during a clinic this week at the Lapham Center. Moynihan said he was “quite surprised” when he was informed only 200 people were vaccinated during Wednesday’s ...

Though thousands of New Canaanites are being tested and vaccinated at clinics that are filling to capacity and receiving high praise for their efficiency and effectiveness, health officials are urging residents to be cautious amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Even on the high side, some of the vaccines now being administered to town residents are perhaps 95% effective and “it’s still 5%” outside of that protection, according to Dr. Harrison Pierce, chair of the Health & Human Services Commission. “We have had three or four people locally who have been vaccinated and have gotten the disease,...

New Canaan seniors vaccinated: Where to now? Grace Duffield FacebookTwitterEmail Human Service Director Bethany Zaros gave First Selectman Kevin Moynihan his  a vaccine.Contributed photo Seeing grandchildren and getting haircuts were on the top of the to do list for the 65-and-older set when they came out of the side door at Lapham Center after getting their second Moderna vaccine on March 4. Many of them stressed that they were going to wait two weeks before resuming other activities, saying it was consistent with the Center of Disease Control recommendations. According to the CDC, “It ta...

As the town turned its focus this week to vaccinating New Canaan Public Schools educators following a state directive, residents 55-and-older who also became eligible for vaccine shots March 1 have been forcefully lodging complaints, according to the municipal health director. School faculty and staff members were “crying tears of joy” Wednesday during the clinic at Lapham Community Center at what Jenn Eielson called “by far the best clinic we have ever had.” Even so, “This week has been awful for me,” Eielson said during a regular meeting of the Health & Human Services Commission...

This week on iTunes Store), we talk to New Canaan Health Director Jenn Eielson about COVID-19 virus—how the town is faring in reducing infection rates and getting residents vaccinated, what are some common misconceptions regarding coronavirus and whether Jenn has enough peanut butter and chocolate to get through these next few months.  Here are recent episodes of 0684-Radi0: Filed Under: