coronavirus in connecticut

The governor’s public health emergency declaration for COVID-19 is ending on Thursday and there will be changes to testing and vaccinations. Gov. Ned Lamont issued the declaration on March 10, 2020, early in the pandemic, and it provided certain emergency powers to address the crisis. Those powers expire with the end of the declaration. The end of the state’s emergency…

Experts say that while the public emergency is ending Thursday, COVID-19 is still a threat in Connecticut three years later.

The Rudolf family sits around the hospital bed of 4-year-old Talia. She’s in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital. “When we came in was just a totally perfectly normal, happy go lucky, no medical issues kid,” dad David Rudolf said. When they got to the Pediatric Emergency Department on Sept. 1, 2022, it was...

The state’s “Hero Pay” payments are expected to begin going out Wednesday. Comptroller Sean Scanlon said the payments will begin going out on Wednesday, Feb. 1. On Tuesday, Scanlon said the payments were expedited and will go out over the course of two weeks for people who are getting direct deposit. “Hero Pay” or the Premium Pay program is meant…

State Comptroller Sean Scanlon says ‘Hero Pay’ for eligible essential workers who worked through the pandemic and applied to the program will begin going out next week.

The state’s “Hero Pay” payments will begin going out next week.

The state’s “Hero Pay” payments will begin going out next week. Comptroller Sean Scanlon said the payments will begin going out on Feb. 1. “Hero Pay” or the Premium Pay program is meant to provide a bonus of up to $1,000 to essential workers employed during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and the state comptroller held a news conference…

Legal sales of recreational cannabis begin in Connecticut Tuesday, an update on the state’s Hero Pay program, a viral Harvard acceptable reaction video, and more on The Connection.

The Connecticut Department of Public Health is urging residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and the flu ahead of the holiday season. DPH Commissioner Manisha Juthani said all residents should get vaccinated and boosted, especially people over 65. “We know that flu and COVID-19 are circulating and that the cases and rising,” Juthani said. “It takes about two weeks for…

Remember “Hero Pay?” It’s a program passed in the state budget to give a one time bonus, up to $1,000, to thank certain essential workers for their work on the frontlines. The application process had many reaching out to us frustrated. Now, it’s nearing time to cut the checks. But, as expected, there’s not enough cash to get essential...

Ensuring maximum protection for the holiday season, the White House is making a push for people to get their updated COVID-19 booster shots before Halloween to combat what officials say will be a “challenging” virus season.

This time of year is when doctors usually recommend getting a flu shot, but this year, there is also a push for people to get an updated COVID-19 booster.

Metro-North travelers will no longer be required to wear face masks on trains in Connecticut. The change comes after New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the end of the mask mandate on mass transit systems including on subways, buses and more. It’s still recommended that travelers wear face coverings on public transit, but it’s not required. In April, the...

Middlesex Health is lifting its COVID-19-related visitor restrictions, effective Thursday. Middlesex Health locations, including Middlesex Hospital, satellite outpatient locations and ambulatory settings, will no longer limit the number of people allowed to visit a patient and COVID-19-positive patients will now be allowed visitors, according to Middlesex Health. The exception to the changes are at the Middlesex Health Pregnancy &...

New COVID-19 vaccine booster shots could soon be available in the United States. They’ll target the original strain of the virus plus two Omicron subvariants, including BA.5 which makes up about 90% of cases in the country right now.

New COVID-19 vaccine booster shots could soon be available in the United States. They’ll target the original strain of the virus plus two Omicron subvariants, including BA.5 which makes up about 90% of cases in the country right now. The White House COVID Coordinator spoke with NBC News’ Lester Holt. “The bottom line is that this virus has evolved substantially…

A Stamford man has been sentenced to prison time for his role in fraudulently obtaining more than $4 million in COVID-19 relief funds, according to the Dept. of Justice. Officials said 46-year-old Moustapha Diakhate maintained ownership or management interest in certain small business entities. Starting in March 2020, Diakhate allegedly provided Citibank and M&T Bank with false and fraudulent information…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is giving the state almost $8.2 million to reimburse the state for the costs to shelter homeless populations in hotel rooms during the COVID-19 pandemic. The FEMA Public Assistance grant of $8,165,739 will go to the Connecticut Department of Housing. A news release from FEMA said the state was able to get hotel rooms for…