Torrington, CT
News
Covid-
19: High Percentage Of Those Infected With Virus Show No Symptoms, New Research Reveals
An extraordinarily high percentage of COVID-19 infected people showed no symptoms of the disease, according to new research. Up to 40 percent of infected people "seem to have no symptoms," National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins said. "This might potentially explain why some people seem to fend off the virus and may be less susceptible to becoming severely ill," Collins wrote in a blog post. Collins said it's "becoming apparent that our country is entering a new and troubling phase of the pandemic as SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, co…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
AG: Passaic County Dentist, Morris County Health Club Make False Claims About Antibody Tests
State authorities have told a Passaic County dentist and Morris County health club to stop making false or misleading claims about coronavirus tests. Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said his office and the state Division of Consumer Affairs sent cease-and-desist letters telling each to stop claiming that they have antibody (“serological”) COVID-19 tests that can tell whether someone is immune from COVID-19. “Misinformation of this nature has the potential to provide false security to individuals and contribute, in the aggregate, to widespread public harm, and also violates New Jersey’s Co…
