Waterbury Gardens nursing home will soon be closing. Earlier this week, a Hartford judge ordered the closing after a lengthy analysis by a court appointed.
About 67% of nursing home residents in the state had received a COVID-19 vaccine booster as of Nov. 21, according to the Connecticut Department of Public Health, and just over one-in-five nursing home staff who were eligible for boosters had received one.
The state of Connecticut has fined 26 long-term care facilities a combined $221,000 for not complying with its COVID-19 mandate and could collect a total of $15 million in penalties if providers don’t improve vaccination rates and meet reporting requirements.
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