Tag: coronavirus
Questions loom about reopening
By Paul Hughes, Republican-American
HARTFORD — Gov. Ned Lamont and top advisers continued Thursday to try to explain to an unsure Connecticut the rules for...
State advises providers to report suspected cases of PIMS
By Paul Hughes, Republican-American
HARTFORD — Health care providers in Connecticut are being advised to report suspected cases of Pediatric Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome to the...
State plans to ramp up coronavirus testing
By Paul Hughes, Republican-American
HARTFORD — Gov. Ned Lamont expects diagnostic testing for coronavirus disease to increase within a week to the 6,000 tests a...
State reports death toll passes 3,000
By Paul Hughes, Republican-American
HARTFORD — More than 3,000 people in Connecticut have now died from the coronavirus as the state passed another grim and...
State releases reopening rules
By Paul Hughes, Republican-American
Shopping trips, dining out and going to the office will mean following state protocols on face coverings, physical distancing and other...
State expands use of absentee ballots for primary
By Paul Hughes, Republican-American
HARTFORD — Secretary of the State Denise W. Merrill has interpreted state law to allow more voters to cast absentee ballots...
CIAC follows governor’s lead, cancels spring sports season
By Kevin Roberts, Republican-American
The final domino for spring high school sports in the country fell May 5 when Gov. Ned Lamont ordered schools to...
Hospitalization increase not altering plan for partial reopening
By Paul Hughes, Republican-American
HARTFORD — The number of diagnosed cases of coronavirus disease in Connecticut topped 30,000 with an additional 648 positive tests reported...
State moving ahead with gradual reopening despite some misgivings
By Paul Hughes, Republican-American
HARTFORD — State Sen. Saud Anwar is uneasy about Gov. Ned Lamont reopening some businesses to the public on May 20...
Self-employed, contractors can file for jobless benefits
By Paul Hughes, Republican-American
HARTFORD — The Department of Labor started accepting unemployment applications Thursday from the self-employed, independent contractors, and “gig economy” workers.
Labor Commissioner...
