Pandemic 2020
GALLERIES: Pandemic 2020
New Uncasville Medical Center serves Mohegan tribal members, employees and the public
Published May 17, 2021
The Mohegan Tribe and Yale New Haven Health celebrate official opening of the 8,500-square-foot clinic on Sandy Desert Road.
Traffic slows to a crawl at Mohegan Sun vaccination site offering Johnson & Johnson shots
Published May 6, 2021
Fewer than 50 people had scheduled appointments in advance and fewer than a dozen walk-ups had come by seeking COVID-19 shots by mid-afternoon Thursday.
Foxwoods rolling back most COVID-19 protocols
All of the casino’s slot machines will be turned on and ready for play, and capacity restrictions will gradually be lifted for table games, restaurants, theaters, events and retail shops.
Yale New Haven Health hospitals see rapid decline in number of COVID-19 patients
COVID-19 hospitalizations at Yale New Haven Health’s five hospitals have dropped 27% over the past 10 days, Marna Borgstrom, the system’s president and chief executive officer, reported Monday.
New England virus roundup: Maine ends COVID-19 visitor testing and quarantine needs
The Providence Marathon is back after a one-year hiatus due to COVID-19.
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India reports 400,000 new COVID-19 cases
Published May 1, 2021
Experts believe that number will climb even higher in the coming days, an unimaginable burden for a health system already under siege with hospitals issuing pleas for oxygen.
Momentum grows for closing gaps in U.S. vaccine requirements
Published May 1, 2021
The arguments over mandates, and when to allow exceptions, are expected to become more heated as authorities decide what expectations should be for COVID-19 vaccinations once they are approved for young children.
Yale New Haven Health to open mass COVID-19 vaccination sites to walk-ups
Mohegan Sun vaccination site will accept walk-up patients Sunday, as well as next Saturday and Sunday, May 1 and May 2.
Connecticut to focus on incentivizing vaccinations among medium-sized, large employers
Vaccine to be made available next week for on-site vaccinations at Electric Boat in Groton.
Conn expects to have 90% of students vaccinated by semester's end
Published April 20, 2021
Only 10 recent cases of COVID-19 detected during twice-a-week testing of college's 1,300 students.
Lamont order will allow absentee voting in spring elections
Lamont's new order also provides municipalities and regional school boards with additional flexibility in scheduling budget hearings, meetings, and votes to account for logistical challenges posed by the pandemic.
Biden makes all adults eligible for a vaccine on April 19
Published April 6, 2021
Biden added that while his administration is on schedule to meet his new goal of distributing 200 million doses of the vaccine during his first 100 days, it will still take time for enough Americans to get vaccinated to slow the spread of the virus.
Nearly half of new U.S. virus infections are in just 5 states
New York, Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey together reported 44% of the nation's new COVID-19 infections, or nearly 197,500 new cases, in the latest available seven-day period.
Cities, towns set to receive COVID aid windfall, contemplate how to spend it
Connecticut municipalities are set to receive $2.6 billion through the American Rescue Plan.
Mental health agency employee questions CEO's commitment to vaccine
Claims bias against vaccines is reflected in Reliance Health's COVID-19 messaging and "enthusiasm."
A rush to schedule appointments as state extends COVID-19 vaccine to last group
More than 100,000 residents signed up Thursday, the first day those 16 to 44 years of age were eligible to do so.
Foxwoods vaccine site hits stride; vaccination rate among casino employees climbs
Foxwoods Resort Casino’s COVID-19 vaccination site is delivering the most shots of any of Hartford HealthCare’s 22 vaccination sites; 65% of the casino’s employees have gotten at least their first dose of vaccine and 40% have been fully vaccinated.
China criticized for limiting access of team researching virus origins
The comments came as the team tasked with probing the origins of the coronavirus pandemic issued a report on its roughly month-long visit to the central Chinese city.
Germany to restrict AstraZeneca use in under-60s over clots
Published March 30, 2021
The news is a further blow to the vaccine, which is critical to Europe’s immunization campaign and a linchpin in the global strategy to get shots to poorer countries.
Students may be disciplined after pair arrested at party near UConn
State police responded to a complaint about a loud party late Saturday near the main campus in Storrs and estimated that more than 100 people were inside the house, troopers said.
Connecticut GOP clashes with Democrats over extending Lamont’s emergency powers
Lamont’s special authority is scheduled to expire April 20, but the state House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Thursday on an extension into mid-May.
AG: No laws broken when R.I. hospitals vaccinated board members
The move drew criticism from people who said many high-risk residents were being denied vaccinations and prompted the attorney general's investigation.
AstraZeneca accused of cherry-picking vaccine study data
Published March 23, 2021
In response, AstraZeneca said that it is working on more up-to-date information and that the more recent findings are consistent with its initial announcement that the vaccine offered strong protection. It promised an update within 48 hours.
Vice President Kamala Harris to visit Connecticut Friday
Harris will appear in New Haven on Friday with Reps. Rosa DeLauro and Jahana Hayes. They are expected to visit a local child care center.
Biden says U.S. to hit 100 million vaccines goal on Friday
Published March 18, 2021
The Biden administration revealed the outlines of a plan to “loan” a limited number of vaccines to Canada and Mexico as the president announced the U.S. is on the cusp of meeting his 100-day injection goal “way ahead of schedule.”
EU agency: AstraZeneca vaccine safe, will add clot warning
Published March 18, 2021
France, Italy and Germany promptly announced they will start using the vaccine again on Friday. Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands said they will do so next week, though Spain said it might exclude certain groups to minimize any danger.
COVID-19's learning curve: 'It's been a long road'
Published March 13, 2021
Health care leaders reflect on what a year of pandemic has taught them.
UN chief blasts vaccine nationalism, hoarding, side deals
Published March 12, 2021
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement marking one year since the U.N. World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic that “the global vaccination campaign represents the greatest moral test of our times.”
States drawing up big wish lists for the COVID relief money
Published March 12, 2021
The aid plan, approved by Congress in close party-line votes and signed by President Joe Biden on Thursday, includes $195 billion for states, plus separate funds for local governments and schools.
Biden aims for quicker shots, virus 'independence' by July 4
Published March 11, 2021
Speaking in the White House East Room, President Joe Biden began his 24-minute address by honoring the “collective suffering” of Americans over the past year and then offered them a vision for a return to a modicum of normalcy this summer.
Pandemic 2020 VIDEOS
OPINION
COVID warning serious, Lamont's options shrinking
Gov. Lamont must take with great seriousness a warning from doctors that a failure to act now in shutting down segments of the economy could cost more lives.
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.