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COVID-19: New Rules For Visitors Take Effect At CT Nursing Homes COVID-19: New Rules For Visitors Take Effect At CT Nursing Homes
Covid-19: New Rules For Visitors Take Effect At CT Nursing Homes New rules are now in effect for friends and families visiting residents in Connecticut nursing homes. Beginning over the weekend, new protocols directing all nursing homes in Connecticut to require visitors to either show proof that they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have recently tested negative for the virus in order to enter the facilities became official. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont issued the executive order on Wednesday, Jan. 19. Specifically, when entering nursing homes, visitors must: Provide proof that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and, if eligible…

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by Zak Failla
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CT Man Arrested For Making Threats To Lamont, State Police Say CT Man Arrested For Making Threats To Lamont, State Police Say
CT Man Arrested For Making Threats To Lamont, State Police Say A Connecticut man is facing charges for allegedly making online threats against Gov. Ned Lamont after receiving misinformation about COVID-19 in nursing homes, State Police announced. New London County resident Jonathan Wright, age 41, of Waterford, was arrested on a warrant on Monday, Nov. 15 after making threats on social media toward the governor in late October. Police said that Wright made multiple threatening Twitter posts in October that were directed toward Lamont. According to the arresting officer, on Tuesday, Oct. 26, Wright posted “You scum living on borrowed time. President T…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: Eight Dead, 89 Infected In Outbreak At Connecticut Nursing Home COVID-19: Eight Dead, 89 Infected In Outbreak At Connecticut Nursing Home
Covid-19: Eight Dead, 89 Infected In Outbreak At Connecticut Nursing Home Eight residents of a Connecticut nursing home have died during a COVID-19 outbreak that has lasted nearly six weeks. A total of 89 employees and residents have tested positive since the outbreak began at the Geer Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, located in Litchfield County, in the Town of Canaan, on Thursday, Sept. 30. "Despite seeing significant numbers of residents recovering from Covid," the facility's chief executive Kevin O’Connell and nursing director Cady Bloodgood said in a statement. "testing has resulted in one additional positive case among fully vaccinated resi…

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by Joe Lombardi
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COVID-19: No New Cases In CT Nursing Homes For First Time Since Pandemic's Start COVID-19: No New Cases In CT Nursing Homes For First Time Since Pandemic's Start
Covid-19: No New Cases In CT Nursing Homes For First Time Since Pandemic's Start For the first time since the pandemic began, Connecticut went an entire week without a single new COVID-19 case reported in state nursing homes or assisted living facilities. Gov. Ned Lamont announced the milestone on Thursday, July 1, as Connecticut continues attempting to vaccinate every resident living in the state’s nursing homes. Since July 21 last year, the Department of Health reported 18,591 total COVID-19 cases in nursing home residents and 8,777 virus-related deaths through Tuesday, June 29. “With our nursing home residents nearly entirely vaccinated, this is more proof that vac…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: Aide Hid Nursing Home Death Toll As Cuomo Sought $4M Book Deal, New Report Says COVID-19: Aide Hid Nursing Home Death Toll As Cuomo Sought $4M Book Deal, New Report Says
Covid-19: Aide Hid Nursing Home Death Toll As Cuomo Sought $4M Book Deal, New Report Says While his administration was working to cover up the number of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was working toward a multi-million dollar book deal touting his success during the pandemic, according to a new report. The New York Times reported that Cuomo's work on his book last summer, which relied on assistance from his aides and staffers, overlapped the efforts by his administration to undercount virus-related deaths in New York nursing homes in a health department report. While his aides were working on covering up nursing home deaths over the summer, Cu…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: CT Sees 35 New Virus-Related Deaths; New Breakdown By County, Community COVID-19: CT Sees 35 New Virus-Related Deaths; New Breakdown By County, Community
Covid-19: CT Sees 35 New Virus-Related Deaths; New Breakdown By County, Community With more Nutmeggers becoming eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, Connecticut continues to see a decrease in deaths and positive cases. Over the weekend, 86,401 COVID-19 tests were administered in Connecticut, resulting in 2,233 newly confirmed cases for a 2.58 percent positive infection rate. According to Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, there were 39 new COVID-19 fatalities reported over the weekend, bringing the death toll to 7,562 in Connecticut since the pandemic began. Thirty-five COVID-19 patients were discharged from Connecticut hospitals, bringing the total to 500 still being tr…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: Yale New Haven Health Opens Vaccination Site In Fairfield County COVID-19: Yale New Haven Health Opens Vaccination Site In Fairfield County
Covid-19: Yale New Haven Health Opens Vaccination Site In Fairfield County With additional allocations expected from the federal government, a new COVID-19 vaccination site has been opened in Fairfield County. Yale New Haven Health announced that it has opened a new vaccination clinic at its Brunswick School on King Street in Greenwich. The clinic will administer vaccinations to eligible Connecticut residents who make an appointment. Anyone who is ineligible or doesn’t have an appointment will be turned away at the site. Currently, those eligible for the vaccine include healthcare personnel, long-term care facility residents, first responders, and Connecticut re…

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COVID-19: CT Sees 20 New Virus-Related Deaths; New Breakdown By County, Community COVID-19: CT Sees 20 New Virus-Related Deaths; New Breakdown By County, Community
Covid-19: CT Sees 20 New Virus-Related Deaths; New Breakdown By County, Community Nearly two dozen new COVID-19-related fatalities were reported in Connecticut, though the positive infection rate continues inching closer to 2 percent as the state recovering from the recent surge of the virus. Gov. Ned Lamont said that there were 27,015 COVID-19 tests administered in Connecticut on Wednesday, Feb. 17, resulting in 547 positive cases for a 2.02 percent positivity rate, one of the lowest since before Thanksgiving. Twenty new virus-related deaths were reported, bringing the total to 7,496 since the pandemic began. Sixteen more COVID-19 patients were discharged from Connectic…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: Nursing Home Scandal Fallout Increases As More Dems Turn On Cuomo, Feds Launch Probe COVID-19: Nursing Home Scandal Fallout Increases As More Dems Turn On Cuomo, Feds Launch Probe
Covid-19: Nursing Home Scandal Fallout Increases As More Dems Turn On Cuomo, Feds Launch Probe The heat is on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he attempts to counter the fallout from both sides of the aisle over his handling of COVID-19 cases in the state’s nursing homes. Some state Democrats have joined in the cacophony of Republican voices expressing outrage over Cuomo’s administration underreporting and subsequent coverup of COVID-19-related nursing home deaths in New York. The federal government is now planning to launch a probe into the scandal that has turned Cuomo from an Emmy award-winning national figure touted for his daily COVID-19 briefings complete with power-point slides …

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: CT Sees Dramatic Decline In Nursing Home Cases After Aggressive Vaccination Program COVID-19: CT Sees Dramatic Decline In Nursing Home Cases After Aggressive Vaccination Program
Covid-19: CT Sees Dramatic Decline In Nursing Home Cases After Aggressive Vaccination Program Connecticut’s vaccination program is proving effective in nursing homes, with the number of new infections continuing to drop, according to the latest data provided by the state. Health officials announced that more than 64,000 COVID-19 vaccines have been administered to nursing home residents and workers in January, and the number of new infections continues to drop. For the fourth straight week, the number of infections in nursing homes dropped, to 238 confirmed cases reported between Wednesday, Jan. 13, and Tuesday, Jan. 19. During that stretch, there were 92 virus-related deaths reporte…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: Here's How Many Vaccine Doses Have Been Administered In CT COVID-19: Here's How Many Vaccine Doses Have Been Administered In CT
Covid-19: Here's How Many Vaccine Doses Have Been Administered In CT Connecticut continues to be at the forefront of administering the COVID-19 vaccine, with more than 100,000 doses already distributed to frontline healthcare workers and essential employees, among the most in the country. Gov. Ned Lamont said that as of Thursday, Jan. 7, Connecticut has administered a total of 101,734 COVID-19 vaccinations, the most among all states with a population greater than one million. Of the doses already allocated, 99,929 have received their first dose, while 1,805 second doses have been administered in Connecticut. It is believed that for the vaccine to be fully e…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: CVS To Hire Thousands To Distribute Vaccine COVID-19: CVS To Hire Thousands To Distribute Vaccine
Covid-19: CVS To Hire Thousands To Distribute Vaccine With the first COVID-19 vaccine expected to be approved by federal health officials this week, CVS is calling in the cavalry to speed up the administration of the cure. CVS Pharmacy is expected to hire thousands of nurses, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians across the country to help expedite the administration of the vaccine, as the nation sees a spike in new COVID-19 cases. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will meet on Thursday, Dec. 10 to determine if the new vaccines produced by Pfizer and other companies are safe and effective, at which point it is expected to be distributed to…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: CT Nursing Home Residents Among Dozens Getting False-Positive Results COVID-19: CT Nursing Home Residents Among Dozens Getting False-Positive Results
Covid-19: CT Nursing Home Residents Among Dozens Getting False-Positive Results Dozens of nursing home residents were among those to receive false-positive reports from COVID-19 tests that were recently administered in Connecticut. Health officials in Connecticut said that upwards of 100 people, many from nursing homes in the state, were given false-positive results for COVID-19 after a “flaw” was discovered in the testing systems used by the state lab. Of the 144 people who were tested between Monday, June 15, and Friday, July 17, 90 received false positives, the state’s Department of Health announced this week. Under federal and state health guidelines, nursing ho…

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by Zak Failla
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Lamont Replaces CT Health Commissioner Amid Pandemic Lamont Replaces CT Health Commissioner Amid Pandemic
Lamont Replaces CT Health Commissioner Amid Pandemic Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont is replacing the state’s public health commissioner amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Renee Coleman-Mitchell has been fired due to multiple mistakes in her office dating back to last year, state officials said on Tuesday, May 12. In her place, Lamont announced that he is appointing Department of Social Services Commissioner Deidre Gifford to serve as the acting commissioner of the Department of Public Health, effective as of Tuesday. Coleman-Mitchell first joined the Department of Health in 1986, serving in various roles until 1994, before returnin…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: 13 Deaths Reported At Nursing Home In Fairfield County COVID-19: 13 Deaths Reported At Nursing Home In Fairfield County
Covid-19: 13 Deaths Reported At Nursing Home In Fairfield County State health officials announced earlier this week that around 56 percent of all of the deaths in the state from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are associated with nursing homes, including 13 at a facility in Bridgeport. In a report on Tuesday, April 28, Jewish Senior Services President Andrew Banoff confirmed the facility has had 13 residents die as a result of COVID-19 and 22 positive cases. While at the same time the facility, whose Home Care Team takes in new patients who are COVID-19 positive as they are released from hospitals, has been hard hit by staff illnesses as well. Out of 9…

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by Kathy Reakes
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CT Nursing Homes Among Underperforming Facilities In US CT Nursing Homes Among Underperforming Facilities In US
CT Nursing Homes Among Underperforming Facilities In US Five Connecticut nursing homes long riddled with problems were named to a list of hundreds in the U.S. that medical officials are keeping close eyes on. Four of the facilities on the list are candidates for “Special Focus Facilities” by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), with one already a designated SFF home.  The designated SFF nursing home is Regal Care in Southport. The four candidates all have had a history of serious quality issues and are being included in a special program to stimulate improvements for quality of care. CMS requires tha…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Six CT Nursing Homes Cited Following Fatalities Six CT Nursing Homes Cited Following Fatalities
Six CT Nursing Homes Cited Following Fatalities Six nursing homes have been cited by the Connecticut State Department of Health for multiple lapses in treatment, including a pair of incidents where residents died, according to a new report. Hancock Hall in Danbury, Branford Hills Health Care Center, Greentree Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation, Apple Rehab Watertown, the Bridgeport Health Care Center and Rosegarden Health and Rehabilitation Center have all been cited, according to a ctpost.com report released on Monday in coordination with the Connecticut Health I-Team, a nonprofit news organization dedicated to health reporting. …

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by Zak Failla