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When state officials unveiled the $33 million outreach program aimed at bringing COVID-19...

When state officials unveiled the $33 million outreach program aimed at bringing COVID-19 vaccines to the state’s minority population, Gov. Ned Lamont likened the distinctive yellow vans to ice cream trucks that would soon be cruising through the neighborhoods. But after a promising start, the program has hit a wall, and the number of doses administered from the vans has plunged by more than 50% in the past few weeks. Last week, personnel from Griffin Health Care, which runs the program for the state, administered 1,032 doses, according to data provided by the state Department of Public Hea...

She lost 3 loves ones to COVID-19. Now this Black pastor is on the front lines of vaccination effort Daniela Altimari, Hartford Courant © Photo by Brad Horrigan | bhorrigan@courant.com\r\r\r\r\r\r\r/Hartford Courant/TNS Bridgeport, CT- 3/ 11/ 21- Rev. Brenda Barnes is the senior pastor of Faith Gospel Assembly Church in Bridgeport. She lost her father and her uncle to COVID-19 in January and has since become involved in the effort to encourage Black residents of Bridgeport to get vaccinated. HARTFORD, Conn. – Her aunt was the first to fall ill with the coronavirus, dying ...

She lost 3 loves ones to COVID-19. Now this Black pastor is on the front lines Connecticut’s vaccination effort. Daniela Altimari, Hartford Courant © Photo by Brad Horrigan | bhorrigan@courant.com\r\r\r\r\r\r\r/Hartford Courant/TNS The Rev. Brenda Barnes is the senior pastor of Faith Gospel Assembly Church in Bridgeport. She lost her father and her uncle to COVID-19 in January and has since become involved in the effort to encourage Black residents of Bridgeport to get vaccinated. Her aunt was the first to fall ill with the coronavirus, dying in a nursing home during thos...