Tag: coronavirus
State working to upgrade software to process unemployment claims
By Paul Hughes, Republican-American
HARTFORD — Software upgrades are expected to cut the processing time for unemployment claims from up to six weeks to one...
State to mandate people to wear face coverings
By Paul Hughes, Republican-American
HARTFORD — Gov. Ned Lamont is going to require customers and workers in grocery stores and other retail establishments to wear...
‘Signs of hope’
By Elio Gugliotti, Editor
BEACON FALLS — Signs of hope are sprouting downtown.
Colorfully-painted wooden signs — about 60 of them as of last Wednesday —...
Banks working overtime on aid program
By Harrison Connery, Republican-American
NAUGATUCK — Ion Bank and Webster Bank are processing more than 7,000 applications for a federal stimulus program intended to prevent...
Multistate council to work on gradual return to normal
By Paul Hughes, Republican-American
HARTFORD — State planning is starting to shift from stemming the spread of the coronavirus to reopening businesses and getting people...
State reports 42% of hospitalized patients discharged
By Paul Hughes, Republican-American
HARTFORD — Connecticut hospitals have discharged 1,250 coronavirus patients since the viral outbreak first hit the state a month ago.
Public health...
Lamont prolongs business closings
By Paul Hughes, Republican-American
HARTFORD — Gov. Ned Lamont announced extended business closings Thursday as he and his top aides sought to assure the business...
Hospitals prepare for surge; Lamont issues ‘safe workplace’ order
By Paul Hughes, Republican-American
HARTFORD — Connecticut hospitals are making arrangements to handle a surge in deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in addition to infected...
Health care system ‘bending, but it is not breaking’
By Paul Hughes, Republican-American
HARTFORD — Gov. Ned Lamont says moderating trends in the coronavirus outbreak in Connecticut are giving state hospitals more time to...
State’s focus shifts to nursing homes
By Paul Hughes, Republican-American
HARTFORD — The Lamont administration is working to set up nursing homes dedicated for COVID-19 positive or negative residents to limit...
