1.3 Million Residents Are Eligible To Receive Vaccine in Phase 1b as 46,000 First Doses Are Expected To Be Delivered Weekly From the Federal Government
Lamont expands eligibility in next COVID vaccine phase By Tara O Neill
File photo of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19.
Connecticut residents ages 75 and over can now register for their COVID-19 vaccine online, with the state expected to expand those eligible for vaccinations in the next phase in the coming weeks, Gov. Ned Lamont announced Thursday.
Phase 1B of the vaccine roll-out is scheduled to begin Monday for residents ages 75 and up. Those eligible can schedule appointments online now.
“We know many people are excited to receive the vaccine and the promise of the future that comes with it, but we are limited in our ability to distribute them purely based on the amount we receive from the federal government,” Lamont said in a statement Thursday. “We are hopeful we will see increased allocations in the coming weeks and months, which will lead to even more light at the end of the tunnel.”
720,000 CT residents could be added to next wave of COVID vaccines
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Front-line workers are vaccinated with the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on the first day of vaccinations in Norwich, Connecticut, on December 15, 2020.JOSEPH PREZIOSO / TNS
A key panel of experts on Gov. Ned Lamont’s Vaccine Advisory Group wants to add about 720,000 Connecticut residents to the list of people next in line for COVID-19 vaccinations.
The group on Tuesday recommended that people ages 65 and older and those of all ages with conditions that put them more at risk for COVID-19 should be included in the next round of vaccinations.
“Our amazing staff had to drastically change the curriculum in order to provide an experience for our adults to learn how to grocery shop, to learn to go to the bank, to learn how to do things that individuals typically do in order to maintain independence,” said Michael Storz, president of Chapel Haven Schleifer Center.
They switched to hybrid learning and the adults have done will with standard COVID prevention protocol of social distancing, hand washing and masking. They’re looking forward to getting back to real life experiences.
“Hopefully when COVID ends I want to go to the grocery store so bad,” said Schwartz.
Naugatuck health officials offer COVID vaccines at Seymour Community Center
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Michaela Garcia, of Shelton, administers Covid-19 swab tests during the opening day of Griffin Hospital s drive through testing site at Unity Park in Trumbull, Conn. on Tuesday, December 8, 2020. Free testing will be available each Tuesday at the site from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut Media
SHELTON The Naugatuck Valley Health District is offering Moderna COVID-19 vaccine by appointment to eligible individuals.
Immunization clinics will be held at the Seymour Community Center, 20 Pine St., Seymour, on Wednesdays from 1 to 3 p.m., Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.