coronavirus in connecticut

More entertainment venues are requiring people to be vaccinated or test negative before seeing a show. Now, one place is getting creative to help make sure people can get inside. Before people rocked out at Toad’s Place in New Haven on Sunday, they had to either show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a recent negative test result. “It makes...

Connecticut is making preparations to offer Covid-19 booster shots for those 65 and older or those identified as high risk who previously received a Pfizer vaccine, the state Department of Public Health said Friday.

Connecticut is making preparations to offer Covid-19 booster shots for those 65 and older or those identified as high risk who previously received a Pfizer vaccine, the state Department of Public Health said Friday.

A conservative group of lawmakers has tentatively scheduled a hearing next week to hear from workers impacted by employer vaccine mandates.

The Ledge Light Health District is reporting Covid-19 outbreaks, including at a day care and an institute of higher education.

Ledge Light Health District, covering towns in the New London region, recorded an increase in Covid-19 cases this week following outbreaks at a day care and at an institution of higher education.

A conservative group of lawmakers has tentatively scheduled a hearing next week to hear from workers impacted by employer vaccine mandates.  “I get at least five, six calls a day from people that are concerned that they’re being threatened with losing their job if they don’t comply with mandates,” Rep. Craig Fishbein says.  Fishbein is talking about vaccine mandates. ...

A panel of outside experts who advise the Food and Drug Administration voted not to endorse COVID-19 booster shots of the Pfizer vaccine.

The football game between New Britain High School and East Hartford High School has been postponed and East Hartford school officials said it is because of cases of COVID-19. East Hartford school officials said the postponement is because of positive cases of COVID-19 and required quarantine periods for people who were in close contact. The Consolidated School District of New…

Governor Ned Lamont said the state is getting ready to roll out booster shots to residents. The FDA is set to meet today for a vote on whether to approve a third dose of the Pfizer vaccine. And if that happens, Lamont said the state has plans ready to go. The governor said state officials plan to start offering boosters…

She’s 20 years old and fully vaccinated. She went home for the weekend and got Covid-19. She’s one of more than 11,000 Connecticut residents who have had a breakthrough case. “It’s definitely scaring me that I have these long-term symptoms. I’m having trouble doing my daily exercise routines, I’m having trouble even walking to class and catching my breath....

A Quinnipiac student is one of more than 11,000 breakthrough COVID-19 cases in Connecticut and is sharing her story of suffering serious illness.

“Compliance looks different depending on the employee,” said Maritza Bond, New Haven Director of Health. Vaccinate or test, those are the options ahead for New Haven employees in just under two weeks when the city’s vaccine mandate goes into effect. Data from the city shows that so far, 1,149 employees out of 1,406 have made a choice. Of those that…

Dr. Benjamin Israelow, an infectious disease instructor with the Yale School of Medicine and lead author of a study on Covid-19 antibodies, sat down with NBC Connecticut’s Dan Corcoran to talk about it.

This month, more children are getting Covid-19 than ever before. In two weeks, nearly half a million American kids nationwide tested positive for coronavirus. The alarming numbers come in a report released by The American Academy of Pediatrics.  There were 243,000 new cases in kids in the latest week of reporting, which ended September 9. The week before that, there…

Gov. Ned Lamont wants the legislature to extend his executive powers before the end of the month. There’s also at least one thing he’s contemplating doing on his own.

Gov. Ned Lamont said he is seeking an extension of his emergency powers connected to the COVID-19 pandemic until early next year.

Several school bus drivers in Thompson are being forced to quarantine, and that has created a shortage that is forcing an elementary school to go remote for the week.

We hear a lot about the importance of getting vaccinated. And that remains what doctors and health leaders say is the best way to prevent severe illness and death from Covid-19. A lot of the research around the virus and its impacts is happening in Connecticut, including a new study from Yale that finds that in the fight against Covid-19,...

Students at Mary R. Fisher Elementary School in Thompson will learn remotely for the rest of the week, as a dozen school bus drivers are in quarantine waiting for COVID test results. “We need the full fleet of bus drivers to be in place,” said Melinda Smith, Superintendent of Thompson Public Schools. The school district contracts with DATTCO bus company….