Tag: coronavirus
Lamont to follow Biden’s lead on mandate
By Paul Hughes, Republican-American
ROCKY HILL — Like many Connecticut employers and workers, Gov. Ned Lamont has a lot to learn about President Joe Biden's...
Lamont eyes extension of emergency power
By Paul Hughes, Republican-American
MIDDLETOWN — Gov. Ned Lamont put on the table Thursday another 90-day extension of the current COVID-19 emergencies that are due...
Lamont sees next few weeks as critical period as schools open
By Paul Hughes, Republican-American
HARTFORD — With the positive test rate rising past 4%, Gov. Ned Lamont described the next three weeks as another critical...
State set to issue first bonus payments to returning workers
By Paul Hughes, Republican-American
HARTFORD — Returning to the ranks of the employed is paying off for nearly 1,500 formerly unemployed workers who are receiving...
Analysis shows unvaccinated most at risk
By Paul Hughes, Republican-American
HARTFORD — State health officials say COVID-19 case rates, hospitalization rates and death rates in Connecticut continue to increase the most...
COVID cases continue to surge
By Paul Hughes, Republican-American
HARTFORD — More than 1,500 new cases of COVID-19 were reported over the weekend as the rapidly spreading delta variant of...
State reverses course, orders nursing home workers get vaccinated
By Andreas Yilma, Staff Writer
NAUGATUCK — All employees of long-term care facilities in the state will have to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or their...
Municipal leaders not planning to impose local mask mandates
By Andreas Yilma, Staff Writer
After a few cities implemented local mask mandates, municipal leaders in Naugatuck, Beacon Falls and Prospect say they’re not looking...
Spike in new COVID cases largest in months
By Paul Hughes, Republican-American
HARTFORD — State health officials on Wednesday reported 914 new COVID-19 cases in Connecticut, one of the largest day-to-day increases in...
Order requires coronavirus testing for nursing home workers
By Paul Hughes, Republican-American
HARTFORD — After weighing the possibility, Gov. Ned Lamont has decided not to order nursing home workers to get vaccinated against...
