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COVID-19: CT Senate Votes To Extend Lamont's Executive Orders, Including Masks In Schools COVID-19: CT Senate Votes To Extend Lamont's Executive Orders, Including Masks In Schools
Covid-19: CT Senate Votes To Extend Lamont's Executive Orders, Including Masks In Schools The Connecticut Senate voted to extend Gov. Ned Lamont’s remaining pandemic-related executive orders, including the statewide mandate requiring children to wear masks in schools and at child care centers. The Democratic-controlled Senate voted 21 to 14 with one senator absent, which followed last week’s vote in the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives, where the measure easily passed by an 86-62 vote. Earlier story - COVID-19: Lamont Announces Recommended Date For End Of Statewide School Mask Mandate Other executive orders being extended include: Vaccination or testing fo…

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by Zak Failla
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Nursing Home Operator In Fairfield, New Haven Counties Sentenced For Embezzlement Nursing Home Operator In Fairfield, New Haven Counties Sentenced For Embezzlement
Nursing Home Operator In Fairfield, New Haven Counties Sentenced For Embezzlement A Connecticut nursing home operator has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for embezzlement and tax offenses related to the operation of nursing homes. Chaim Stern, age 72, a resident of Flushing,  Queens, was sentenced on Tuesday, April 20, for the offenses related to nursing homes in Bridgeport and Waterbury, said Leonard C Boyle, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut. According to court documents and statements made in court, Stern was the principal operator of the Bridgeport Health Care Center, Bridgeport Manor, and the Rosegarden Health and Rehabilitation Center …

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by Kathy Reakes
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COVID-19: Vaccinations To Arrive In Connecticut Today, Monday, Dec. 14 COVID-19: Vaccinations To Arrive In Connecticut Today, Monday, Dec. 14
Covid-19: Vaccinations To Arrive In Connecticut Today, Monday, Dec. 14 Connecticut is likely to get its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine today, Monday, Dec. 14. The vaccines were shipped from Michigan to Connecticut on Sunday, Dec. 13. State health officials said they anticipate receiving the vaccine on Monday, Dec. 14. The inoculations were developed by Pfizer. The vaccine has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use.  At first, the vaccine will be reserved for people at the highest risk for infection - health care workers and nursing home residents, for example. While making the vaccine-delivery announcement, G…

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by Kristin Palpini
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COVID-19 Outbreak At 2 Nursing Homes In Same Town - 2 Dead COVID-19 Outbreak At 2 Nursing Homes In Same Town - 2 Dead
Covid-19 Outbreak At 2 Nursing Homes In Same Town - 2 Dead After two nursing homes in the same town have experienced COVID-19 outbreaks, the state is stepping in to monitor the situation. Avon Health Care nursing home has reported 22 residents tested positive for CVID-19 - three of them have been taken to the hospital and one died, according to Patch. Also, 14 staff members have tested positive, too. The other outbreak is at the REsidence at Brookside an assisted living center. There are 11 patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 and an 86-year-old man has died. The two outbreaks may be connected by a Brookside resident who spread the virus…

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by Kristin Palpini