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State Health Commissioner Mary Bassett said that record-breaking case numbers due to the highly contagious Omicron variant has made contact tracing more difficult.
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A Long Island school boards association is pushing back against Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, saying that he has no legal authority to tell schools to abandon the state’s mask mandate.
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They said they need more N95 masks and testing kits, and flexibility in allowing for short-term remote learning.
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Hospital officials and health care workers said coronavirus infections have strained Connecticut hospitals. However, fewer people are requiring intensive care and ventilators, compared with earlier in the pandemic.
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Most require a PCR test 72-hours before arrival to campus and a booster dose for students, faculty and staff.
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Governor Hochul warned school districts that there will be consequences if they don’t enforce the mask mandate after the new Nassau County Executive signed an order that lets school districts decide whether to require masks.
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They said his order to have nursing homes accept infected patients might lead to problems — much like what happened with a similar policy in New York under Governor Andrew Cuomo.
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Disability Rights CT and Connecticut Legal Rights Project claim state policy about masks and COVID-19 at home test kits ignores people with disabilities who are at high risk for infection.
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Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont is ordering nursing home workers and contractors who have significant contact with residents to get a vaccine booster shot by Feb. 11, noting the state's increasing COVID-19 infection rate among staff.
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Pediatric coronavirus hospitalizations in Connecticut have risen dramatically in recent weeks, and health officials are reporting crowded emergency rooms in children’s hospitals.