The B117 variant of COVID-19 now makes up more than a quarter of coronavirus cases in Connecticut, researchers at the Yale School of Public Health say, raising the possibility that infections will spike in the state once again.
Gov. Ned Lamont let it be known last week that most pandemic-induced venue capacity limits statewide would be a thing of the past as of March 19. Many are
Experts concerned that rolling back restrictions will cause a COVID surge in CT
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Nancy Geary, an RN with Danbury Hospital, takes information from a person waiting at Danbury’s first mass COVID-19 vaccination site on Thrusday in Danbury.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut Media
Gov. Ned Lamont’s decision to loosen COVID-19 restrictions has experts concerned about an increase in coronavirus cases and possibly deaths.
“I am concerned that we, yet again, have lulled ourselves into a false belief that we have gotten SARS-CoV-2 under control,” said immunologist Kristian G. Andersen on Twitter. “We’re getting close much closer, in fact but we’re not there. Yet.”
100 labs in 36 states are set up to run the fast, low-cost, saliva-based testing. A Yale team hopes to make the protocol available to as many labs as possible.
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As he highlighted his administration’s progress in the massive vaccination campaign against the coronavirus Thursday, President Joe Biden made a plea for Americans not to let their guard down despite a dwindling number of infections and hospitalizations in recent weeks.
“This is not a time to relax,’’ Biden said as he warned about the possible impact of virus variants. “We must keep washing our hands, stay socially distanced, and for God’s sake – for God’s sake – wear a mask.’’