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Another 100,000 doses of the Moderna and Pfizer medicines are already in the pipeline for delivery next week. (Shutterstock)
CONNECTICUT A lot more doses of coronavirus vaccine, many with a new brand name on the label, will be available in Connecticut next week, according to Gov. Ned Lamont.
Pending authorization by the US Food and Drug Administration, the state will receive 30,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The state Department of Public Health could accept delivery as early as this weekend.
Another 100,000 doses of the Moderna and Pfizer medicines are already in the pipeline for delivery next week. On Twitter, Lamont said the unprecedented influx of vaccines was big news in our efforts to speed up distribution. Previously, the governor had blamed the slow rollout of the medicine on the scarcity of the new vaccine.
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Published February 04. 2021 8:11PM
HARTFORD (AP) A disability rights group sued Connecticut prison officials Thursday on allegations that inmates with mental illness are being physically and psychologically abused at the maximum-security Northern Correctional Institution.
The nonprofit Disability Rights Connecticut says in the federal court lawsuit that the Department of Correction s use of prolonged isolation and in-cell shackling of mentally ill prisoners is cruel and unusual punishment that violates their constitutional rights. The treatment is also illegal discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the suit says.
The Correction Department has a policy to not comment on pending litigation, said agency spokesperson Andrius Banevicius.
A disability rights group has filed a lawsuit against state prison officials, alleging that isolating and shackling people with mental illness at the maximum-security Northern Correctional Institution is a violation of their civil rights.
Lawsuit: Mentally ill inmates shackled, isolated in cells
Lawsuit: Mentally ill inmates shackled, isolated in cells
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HARTFORD (AP) â A disability rights group sued Connecticut prison officials Thursday on allegations that inmates with mental illness are being physically and psychologically abused at the maximum-security Northern Correctional Institution.
The nonprofit Disability Rights Connecticut says in the federal court lawsuit that the Department of Correctionâs use of prolonged isolation and in-cell shackling of mentally ill prisoners is cruel and unusual punishment that violates their constitutional rights. The treatment is also illegal discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the suit says.