News 12 Staff
Updated on:Feb 16, 2021, 9:37pm EST
Gov. Ned Lamont received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine today at a clinic in Bloomfield.
The governor, who is 67, became eligible to receive the vaccine when the state expanded phase 1B of its vaccination program last week to include individuals between the ages of 65 and 74.
The clinic is organized by Trinity Health of New England for members of the church’s congregation who are over the age of 65.
Other participants slated to join the governor included Connecticut Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Robinson, state Treasurer Shawn Wooden, state Rep. Bobby Gibson, and Dr. Reginald J. Eadie, president and CEO of Trinity Health of New England.
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Feb 16, 2021, 9:37pm EST
Gov. Ned Lamont received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine today at a clinic in Bloomfield.
The governor, who is 67, became eligible to receive the vaccine when the state expanded phase 1B of its vaccination program last week to include individuals between the ages of 65 and 74.
The clinic is organized by Trinity Health of New England for members of the church’s congregation who are over the age of 65.
Other participants slated to join the governor included Connecticut Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Robinson, state Treasurer Shawn Wooden, state Rep. Bobby Gibson, and Dr. Reginald J. Eadie, president and CEO of Trinity Health of New England.
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Yale New Haven Hospital has vaccinated more than 16,000 of its employees but said it is only receiving about half the number of Pfizer vaccines that it requests.
Other, smaller, hospitals, including Saint Mary’s and Waterbury hospitals, say they have adequate supply.
“We are concerned about that speed and are doing as much of we can to vaccinate all of our people as soon as we can get it,” said Yale Chief Medical Officer Thomas Balcezak. “We are getting that vaccine into the arms of people as fast as we can.”
Balcezak said the hospital system, the state’s largest, generally receives half the number of vaccines it requests weekly from the state, which is 10,000. So far it has vaccinated more than 16,000 members of its staff and hopes to complete the vaccination of 80 % of its employees by the end of the month.
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