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Superintendent: Criticism of Darien teacher absences due to COVID vaccine side effects unfortunate and disappointing
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Darien Superintendent of Schools Alan Addley and Darien teachers union president, Joslyn Delancey, get vaccinated against the coronavirus March 6, at Town Hall in Darien.Erik Trautmann / Hearst Connecticut Media
DARIEN Three town schools reopened Tuesday after all classes and activities were canceled the previous day due to staff shortages related to side effects from the COVID vaccine, the superintendent said.
Schools Superintendent Alan Addley said the staff absences were “nearly exclusively attributable to feeling ill after the second vaccination.”
Darien teachers and staff members received their second Moderna vaccine on Saturday in a town clinic.
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The total number of Darien households directly impacted by the coronavirus this year stands at 380 (Shutterstock)
DARIEN, CT Since the beginning of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in March, 517 Darien residents have been infected with the virus, nearly 60 of which were reported in the past two weeks, according to First Selectman Jayme Stevenson.
The total number of local households directly impacted by the coronavirus this year stands at 380, and the town s rate of infection is 3.4 percent.
Over the two-week period, Darien s rolling average of coronavirus cases was 33.5 per 100,000 people, according to state health officials, and as a result, the community remains one of Connecticut s red alert towns. Red alert status means the number of COVID-19 cases exceeds 15 per 100,000 people.