UpdatedMon, Jan 25, 2021 at 9:34 am ET
Reply At the request of Wilton s health director, a Connecticut Department of Health COVID-19 response team will be assisting onsite beginning Monday. (Shutterstock)
RIDGEFIELD. CT The town Health Department has ordered the School Sisters of Notre Dame property and facilities closed to visitors and the public after 30 residents, in addition to staff, tested positive for the coronavirus.
The property is home to over 70 retired nuns, 15 of whom recently received vaccinations as
allowed under phase 1b, according to a news release from the Office of the First Selectwoman issued Sunday evening. The remaining residents and staff were scheduled to be vaccinated on Jan. 25 by Visiting Nurse and Hospice of Fairfield County.