Pandemic 2020
GALLERIES: Pandemic 2020
First 6.4 million doses of Pfizer's vaccine could go out in mid-December
Published November 25, 2020
The federal government plans to send 6.4 million doses of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine to communities across the United States within 24 hours of regulatory clearance, with the expectation that shots will be administered quickly to front-line health-care workers, the top priority group, officials said Tuesday.
Unhappy holidays? Yale New Haven's top doctor sees coronavirus peak in four weeks
If people don't continue to take precautions to keep from becoming infected with the coronavirus on Thanksgiving, there may be bad news when Hanukkah and Christmas arrive, according to Dr. Thomas Balcezak, chief clinical officer for Yale New Haven Health.
States impose new rules, plead with public to stop virus spread
Published November 24, 2020
State and local officials nationwide are imposing new coronavirus restrictions and pleading with the public in an increasingly desperate attempt to stop the explosive spread of the disease as many Americans resist calls to limit gatherings and travel heading into the holidays.
Daily COVID-19 deaths in U.S. reach highest level since May
Published November 21, 2020
The surging coronavirus is taking an increasingly dire toll across the U.S. just as a vaccine appears close at hand, with the country now averaging over 1,300 COVID-19 deaths per day — the highest level since the calamitous spring in and around New York City.
Biden chides Trump for lack of cooperation on vaccine
Published November 19, 2020
His remarks highlighted the stakes of the Trump administration’s refusal to begin a formal transfer of power to Biden’s team.
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Tyson suspends Iowa plant managers amid virus betting claim
Published November 19, 2020
The company's president and CEO, Dean Banks, said he was “extremely upset” about the allegations against managers at its plant in Waterloo, Iowa, saying they do not represent the company's values.
Brexit trade negotiations suspended because of COVID-19 case
Published November 19, 2020
It added uncertainty to the negotiations as a deadline looms ever closer and both sides are still divided on three key issues.
As virus surges, some say Trump seems to have stopped trying
Published November 15, 2020
President Donald Trump finally received some good news this past week: Amid spiking coronavirus cases nationwide - more than 100,000 new cases a day since Nov. 4, with deaths rising, too - pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced that its experimental coronavirus vaccine was more than 90% effective. But the president was furious.
Surging virus cases get a shrug in many Midwestern towns
Published November 15, 2020
Danny Rice has a good sense of how dangerous the coronavirus can be.
Biden faces tough choice of whether to back nationwide virus lockdown
Published November 15, 2020
Joe Biden faces a decision unlike any other incoming president: whether to back a short-term national lockdown to finally arrest a raging pandemic.
Biden to Americans: 'Wear a mask'
Published November 10, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden signaled strongly on Monday that fighting the raging pandemic will be the immediate priority of his new administration, an abrupt shift from President Donald Trump's more unworried approach to the virus, as the nation surpassed 10 million COVID-19 cases.
U.S. breaks record for daily new virus cases again as Biden vows to take action
Published November 8, 2020
America's coronavirus crisis deepened Saturday as cases continued to surge and an electoral victory for former vice president Joe Biden offered the possibility of a significantly different approach to efforts to contain the spread.
White House slams Fauci after recent comments on pandemic
Published November 2, 2020
The White House slammed Anthony Fauci after the top infectious diseases specialist ramped up criticism of the U.S. handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Lt. Gov. Bysiewicz visits Norwich COVID-19 test site, mental health services center
Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz visited a mobile COVID-19 test site at St. Vincent de Paul Place soup kitchen and toured Reliance Health in downtown Norwich.
Norwich schools report more student COVID-19 cases, but remain in hybrid learning
All five Norwich Free Academy recent student cases and four Norwich Public Schools student cases occurred during remote learning period.
81,400 U.S. virus infections in 1 day
Published October 24, 2020
America on Friday hit its highest daily number of coronavirus case since the pandemic began, recording at least 81,400 new infections and surpassing the previous record set during the summertime surge of cases across the Sun Belt.
Coronavirus pandemic has caused nearly 300,000 more deaths than expected in a typical year
The coronavirus pandemic has left about 299,000 more people dead in the United States than would be expected in a typical year, two-thirds of them of covid-19 and the rest from other causes, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday.
A call to arms: 110,000 Californians have bought a gun since the coronavirus arrived
In the first five months of the COVID-19, thousands of Californians bought new guns and changed the way they stored their firearms in a bid to counter the unrest, government crackdowns and societal disintegration they feared would be unleashed by the public health emergency, a new survey has found.
Why is coronavirus killing more men than women?
Published October 18, 2020
Early in the coronavirus outbreak, hospital data from China revealed a startling disparity: COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, was killing far more men than women.
Norwich, New London stick with Phase 3 reopening
Published October 14, 2020
Norwich Public Schools and Norwich Free Academy will remain in remote learning for another week during the current COVID-19 spike in the city.
Proposal to hasten herd immunity grabs White House attention, appalls top scientists
Published October 14, 2020
Maverick scientists who call for allowing the coronavirus to spread freely at "natural" rates among healthy young people while keeping most aspects of the economy up and running have found an audience inside the White House and at least one state capitol.
Testing increased after Norwich and New London seeing spike in COVID-19 cases
Overall, more than 3,000 tests were administered at sites throughout Southeastern Connecticut over the weekend, Josh Geballe, the state's chief operating officer, said Monday during the governor's coronavirus briefing.
Theaters and arenas went dark
Published October 4, 2020
Musicians and artists had to find creative ways to express themselves and reach their audiences.
Neighbors help neighbors during tough times
Published October 4, 2020
Food distrubted to those in need; front-line workers thanked
Region prepared for 'a tidal wave that never came'
Published October 4, 2020
By mid-September, New London County's rate of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people was the lowest of Connecticut's eight counties.
Families, educators adapt to new way of learning during pandemic
Published October 4, 2020
Educators, families and students had to quickly adapt to a new way of learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
THOSE WE LOST
The coronavirus has claimed the lives of more than 100 people in southeastern Connecticut. Here are some of their stories.
CT recovers half of jobs lost in April, but predicting economic future is a 'dizzying exercise'
Published October 4, 2020
Complicating matters is the fact that Connecticut is one of the few states that never recovered 100% of the jobs lost in the Great Recession.
Pandemic not only ended college seasons, but individual careers for some
Published October 4, 2020
The forecast remains tricky in college athletics due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The impact hit home right here in New London at Coast Guard Academy, Connecticut College and Mitchell College.
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OPINION
More tough choices in confronting tough enemy
In Connecticut, at least, the vast majority of us dutifully slip on our masks to shop, to work, to live some public life. It has become terribly routine.
Tell it like it is
Dr. Fauci should no longer feel any compunction to get White House clearances before media appearances or to paper over differences.
COVID-19: Still in the thick of it
Collectively, the news of recent days is a wakeup call that the threat posed by this pandemic is not over, not by a long shot.