COVID-19 testing

It’s a two-prong approach in Community Health Center Inc.’s continued fight against COVID-19 in Connecticut. “You are already here waiting post vaccination and you’re able to get a test while you’re here and then you get a head on your way,” Amanda Schiessl of the Community Health Center said. The provider is offering COVID-19 tests at two of its...

Connecticut’s COVID-19 positivity rate is at 4.41% and 10 more deaths were reported overnight. On Tuesday, state officials reported 17 COVID-related deaths and the positivity rate was 3.77%. Gov. Ned Lamont said hospitalizations have gone down. With a decrease of 27, hospitalizations are now 518. Of over 36,500 coronavirus tests performed, 1,609 came back positive. The state’s virus death toll…

Understanding that services can only help those able to access them, Hartford HealthCare launched a mobile unit this week to help people without transportation to sites for COVID-19 testing.

Communities across the U.S. are seeing plummeting demand for coronavirus testing

Starting Sunday, Hartford HealthCare is opening four drive-thru COVID-19 testing locations across the state for patients who need to be tested before an upcoming procedure. It comes after this week’s winter weather forced appointments to be canceled. Four sites will be open from 8 a.m. to noon on Sunday. Below are the following testing locations: Dodd Stadium in Norwich...

Andy Slavitt, the White House senior advisor on the COVID-19 response, said on Friday there are delays in vaccination distribution due to the weather conditions across the United States. Slavitt announced that despite the weather conditions, five new vaccination sites would be opening.

Many countries are stepping up requirements for incoming travelers to show a recent negative COVID-19 test

Community Health Center, Inc. is reopening its COVID-19 testing centers at noon on Tuesday after suspending them on Monday due to the snow storm. Vaccination appointments will also resume at noon, officials said. CHC’s COVID-19 testing locations are scheduled to open at noon. Locations of the testing sites include: Bristol Danbury Enfield East Hartford Groton Hartford Madison Meriden Middletown...

Community Health Center, Inc. has suspended all outdoor drive-thru testing for COVID-19 and a COVID-19 vaccination site is also closed due to the snowstorm on Monday. Officials said all 18 of their testing sites across the state are closed on Monday. Locations of the testing sites include: Bristol Danbury Enfield East Hartford Groton Hartford Madison Meriden Middletown Milford New Britain…

For UConn students arriving on the Storrs campus Saturday, among the things to check off the move-in list was getting a required COVID-19 test. “It was pretty fast. It was very organized,” said Chanel Johnson, a UConn sophomore. Before returning to campus, students needed to test negative. And then after a second test once on campus, they must quarantine here…

The University of Connecticut is gearing up for a new semester with similar safety measures put in place last year.

The spring semester is just around the corner for several colleges and universities here in our state, as COVID-19 remains a concern.

A group of UConn students is doing contact tracing work in the state, calling those who have recently tested positive for COVID-19.

Norwich Public Schools is expanding their rapid COVID testing pilot. As of this week, rapid COVID testing is available in nine schools for symptomatic students and staff. By the end of the month, rapid testing will be available in all Norwich Public School locations. “If it is a positive, then we already have that knowledge and you don’t have...

New Year’s Eve traditions may look a bit different this year.

The Community Health Center site opened Wednesday morning and have already seen a steady stream of people looking for a test.

The uptick in people traveling for the holidays despite health warnings is leading to some concern from the medical community. Nearly three days after Christmas and the line at the New Britain Community Health Center started to form nearly an hour before testing started. “The line is usually insane and wraps around the block,” said Stacya Byrd. “We made sure…

The uptick in people traveling for the holidays despite health warnings is leading to some concern from the medical community about cases of COVID-19.

With the U.S. death toll now over 300,000, people are making the hard decision to celebrate the holidays with just their immediate families. An estimated 84 million people have indicated they may hit the road or the skies – millions fewer than last year, but still too many for comfort.

Before Thanksgiving, COVID-19 testing lines across the state were long. Yvette Highsmith-Francis, the regional vice president, for Community Health Center, Inc., explains how they prepare for testing in the weeks ahead and what people should know.