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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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Connecticut's Public Health Lab Approved To Run Coronavirus Testing Connecticut's Public Health Lab Approved To Run Coronavirus Testing
Connecticut's Public Health Lab Approved To Run Coronavirus Testing The Connecticut Department of Public Health's laboratory in Rocky Hill has been given the green light to begin conducting diagnostic testing for the coronavirus disease that has the globe on edge. After federal health officials declared that it has become a matter of “when, not if,” the virus will spread to the United States, local institutions throughout the country have begun taking measures in an effort to curtail the coronavirus outbreak. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced on Friday, Feb. 28 that the lab has received approval from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Preventi…

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Second Person Dies From EEE In Connecticut Second Person Dies From EEE In Connecticut
Second Person Dies From EEE In Connecticut A second person in Connecticut has died from the mosquito-borne virus Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), state officials said, bringing the total to nine nationwide. Last week, health officials in Connecticut reported the first death from EEE. The deaths are the first from the virus since 2013. “Today it has been confirmed that the second person who tested positive for Triple E has died. Both people were older adults one was from East Lyme and the other from Old Lyme,” Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz said at a press conference. “This is a serious public health concern and we wanted to let you k…

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