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There is no official marking of COVID-19 anniversaries in Connecticut, not the first of 730,811 positive tests, the first of 10,615 deaths nor the first of six emergency declarations, all of which took place in March 2020.But on Tuesday, outside a community center on the east side of Manchester, the administration of Gov. Ned Lamont and local officials looked back before talking about what’s next.
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The White House hasn't indicated if the husband of Vice President Harris, Douglas Emhoff, is experiencing symptoms. Harris has tested negative but is not participating in a White House event tonight.
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The Department of Public Health said problems at the Quinnipiac Valley Center were serious enough to threaten the health of the people being cared for there.
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The former president said he tested positive for COVID-19. He has a scratchy throat "but am feeling fine otherwise." He said he is vaccinated and boosted.
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Seeing people wear face masks has become commonplace during this pandemic. But as of Monday, not a single Connecticut city or town has a blanket mandate requiring people within its borders to wear masks.
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Miguel Cardona made the remarks after a visit to the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst, Massachusetts.
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State education officials released remote learning standards last month that would make it possible for high school students to opt in for online school starting this summer, but parents of younger students say they feel left out.
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Doctors and health researchers are looking to testing rates, case rates – and intuition – to determine when they'll feel comfortable mingling maskless indoors.
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Connecticut officials have released guidance for how K-12 schools across the state should handle face mask rules. It comes as local districts are preparing for the statewide mask mandate to end on Feb. 28.
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The omicron BA.2 variant spreads about 30% more easily and has caused surges in other countries. Its steady increase in the U.S. raises questions about the wisdom of rolling back COVID restrictions.