Health director: COVID outbreak with UK variant linked to North Branford gathering
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East Shore District Health Department headquarters, Branford, Conn., 2/27/19.Meghan Friedmann / Hearst Connecticut Media
NORTH BRANFORD State and local officials are investigating a COVID outbreak that involves the variant of the virus first identified in the United Kingdom and is connected to “a large family gathering” in North Branford, according to the East Shore District Health Department.
One of the infected individuals who attended the gathering also is a member of the North Branford High School hockey team, East Shore Health Director Michael Pascucilla said, adding that the team quarantined last week.