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WHO Chief: the COVID Pandemic Is ‘Most Certainly Not Over'
The head of the World Health Organization has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is “most certainly not over” despite a decline in reported cases since the peak of the omicron wave. He told governments on Sunday that “we lower our guard at our peril.” The U.N. health agency’s director-general told officials gathered in Geneva for the opening of the WHO’s...
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CT's 7-Day Rolling COVID-19 Positivity Rate Nearing 14%
Connecticut’s 7-day rolling COVID-19 positivity rate is almost at 14%. On Friday the positivity rate stands at 13.71%, up from Thursday’s 13.24%. According to Governor Ned Lamont’s office, 76,293 tests have been reported, and 10,459 were positive. There are 323 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 throughout the state. Of the 323 people hospitalized, 102 (31.58%) are not fully vaccinated, according to…
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Broadway COVID Vaccine Proof Rule Extended, May Not Be Enforced: What to Know
Some Broadway theaters are ending the policy of requiring customers to show proof of vaccination. In a statement, the Broadway League said that beginning Sunday, the owners and operators of all 41 Broadway theaters are extending the mask requirement at least through the end of May but many will no longer check for vaccination status. The announcement recommended that theatergoers…
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Fauci Says U.S. Is Transitioning Out of ‘Pandemic Phase' of COVID-19
The nation’s top infectious disease expert says the coronavirus appears to be making a transition to becoming an endemic disease — occurring regularly in certain areas
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Watch: Video Shows Exact Moment Plane Mask Mandate Lifted in the Middle of Flights
Airline mask mandates are no longer in effect — and some plane passengers received that news with cheers in the middle of their flights. Watch the video here.
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Will Everyone Get COVID? UConn Health Doctor Weighs In
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates upwards of 140 million Americans have been infected since February 2020. That’s about 43 percent of the population.
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Experts Explain Why Some People Get COVID and Others Do Not
140 million Americans have been infected with COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. Experts weigh in on why some people have never gotten sick.
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COVID Pandemic's End May Bring Turbulence for US Health Care
When the end of the COVID-19 pandemic comes, it could create major disruptions for U.S. health care.
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CT's Daily COVID-19 Positivity Rate at 3.51%
Connecticut’s daily COVID-19 positivity rate has risen slightly, and there has been no change in the number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19, according to Governor Ned Lamont’s office. Tuesday’s COVID-19 positivity rate is 3.51%, up from Monday’s 2.97%. According to officials, 9,618 tests have been reported since Monday and 338 were positive. Since Monday, there has been no change in…
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What Will the End of the COVID-19 Pandemic Be Like?
Experts discuss what the next phase of the pandemic might be like
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Community Organizations Step Up to Help Parents Struggling to Afford Formula
A pandemic, supply shortages, inflation: times are tough, money has been tight and new parents are feeling the pinch. “The mothers and the young fathers are in crisis right now, said Pastor Brenda Adkins of His Divine Will Fellowship. A crisis, Adkins says is impacting families in Connecticut. “It’s the prices of the baby formula that is very, very...
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Trucker Protests at Border Shut Down Auto Plants as US Officials Warn of Broader Impact
A blockade of the bridge between Canada and Detroit by protesters demanding an end to Canada’s COVID-19 restrictions forced the shutdown Wednesday of a Ford plant and began to have broader implications for the auto industry.
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NY Nurses Made $1.5 Million Selling Fake COVID Vaccine Cards, DA Says
Two nurses working on Long Island are accused of forging official COVID-19 vaccination cards and entering the information into New York’s statewide database — a scheme that allegedly brought in over $1.5 million. The district attorney in Suffolk County announced Friday the arrests of Julie DeVuono, 49, and Marissa Urrao, 44, who worked at Wild Child Pediatric Healthcare in Amityville….
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Limited Revelers Return to Times Square to Usher in 2022
New York City readied to embrace the new year — and bid good riddance to another pandemic-marred 12 months — as it prepared to revive its annual New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square.
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Omicron's New Year's Cocktail: Sorrow, Fear, Hope for 2022
In many places around the world, plans for New Year’s Eve celebrations are muted or canceled for the second straight year due to a surge of coronavirus infections.
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Flight Cancellations Continue for 6th Day as COVID Hits Airline Crews
Hundreds of flights are being cancelled as the omicron variant creates havoc both for travelers and for airlines who are having to cobble together flight crews as infections rise among pilots and flight attendants
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People Wait in Long Lines Across CT for Post-Christmas COVID Tests
Connecticut residents looking for a COVID-19 test the Monday after Christmas tended to wait in long lines or were out of luck. At no appointment necessary sites in Willimantic, New Haven, Waterbury, New Britain and Hartford, lines of people waited for hours either outside or in their idling cars. The site in Willimantic closed 2.5 hours early after workers ran…
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Long Lines Greet Connecticut Residents Looking for COVID-19 Testing
Following the Christmas holiday and ahead of the New Years holiday, long lines were present around the state at COVID-19 testing facilities.