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More than 300 ineligible teachers receive COVID vaccine at CT clinic Dave Altimari, CTMirror.org FacebookTwitterEmail Teachers and support staff from Region 14, Region 15 and the Oxford school districts line up in the Pomperaug High School gym in Southbury for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during a clinic run by the Pomperaug District Department of Health Wednesday. About 275 first dose vaccines were administered.Cloe Poisson / CTMirror.org One of the smallest health districts in the state inoculated more than 300 teachers and school staff Wednesday, even as the state is trying to get the COVID-19 vaccine out to residents 75 and older first. The plan to vaccinate teachers in the Pomperaug Health District, which was put into motion more than a week ago, comes just days after Department of Public Health Acting Commissioner Deidre Gifford issued a stinging memo warning vaccinators to adhere to the governor’s priorities and vaccinate the elderly first.

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