Officials in several communities are calling on the governor to issue a statewide mask mandate as COVID-19 cases spike, but some have stopped short of establishing local mandates.
Long lines of angry residents were the norm in towns from Ansonia to South Windsor on Monday as local officials distributed what few at-home COVID test kits they had, then turned away people who had waited in their cars for hours.
In Ansonia, Mayor David Cassetti warned people in a robocall on Sunday night that the city had a limited supply of kits to give away at Nolan Field on Monday morning. He cautioned people not to come and line up early, but people didn’t heed the request, and the line of cars stretched into neighboring Seymour and almost onto Route 8.