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COVID-19: CT Hospital Staffers Given Deadline To Get Vaxed Or Lose Their Jobs COVID-19: CT Hospital Staffers Given Deadline To Get Vaxed Or Lose Their Jobs
Covid-19: CT Hospital Staffers Given Deadline To Get Vaxed Or Lose Their Jobs Some employees working in Connecticut hospitals could face termination by the end of September if they continue to refuse to get the COVID-19 vaccine. With nearly 80 percent of hospital staff vaccinated, including within the Yale-New Haven Health, Trinity Health, and Hartford Healthcare systems, the other 20 percent could be out of a job come Thursday, Sept. 30 if they don’t adhere to mandates put in place at several hospitals. Reports found that approximately one in four hospital workers were not vaccinated by the end of May, with some facilities reporting that less than half of their empl…
COVID-19: CT First State In Nation To Utilize FEMA Mobile Vaccination Unit COVID-19: CT First State In Nation To Utilize FEMA Mobile Vaccination Unit
Covid-19: CT First State In Nation To Utilize FEMA Mobile Vaccination Unit A new mobile COVID-19 vaccination unit from FEMA is making its national debut in Connecticut. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced that FEMA has loaned the state its mobile vaccination van, which can provide up to 250 vaccinations each day. Hartford Health, Trinity Health, Griffin Health, and UConn Health will be administering the doses at sites across the state. The mobile unit was scheduled to debut on Monday, March 29 at the Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport before making the rounds across the state.  It will utilize the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine so as to avoid having to m…