COVID-19 Community Levels Update, March 17, 2023: The CDC has listed all eight Connecticut counties in the Low/Green category as part of its weekly Community Levels update. People who are at a high risk for severe illness should consider additional measures to minimize their exposure to COVID-19 and respiratory illnesses. Visit the CDC COVID-19 Community Levels Map for updates.


Please visit covidtests.gov to request four free COVID-19 self-test kits from the Federal Government. Find a location that has a supply of COVID-19 therapeutics as part of the Test to Treat initiative here. The complete DPH COVID-19 toolbox is located at ct.gov/coronavirus.

 
Perinatal Hepatitis B is defined as HBsAg positivity in any infant aged >1-24 months who was born in the United States or in U.S. territories to an HBsAg-positive mother.  Infants infected perinatally have a 90% chance of developing chronic hepatitis B infection compared to adults who only have a 5% change of developing chronic infection if exposed.  In order to prevent perinatal infections, the Department of Public Health has a program in which staff work with chronic hepatitis B pregnant women, obstetricians, hospitals, and pediatricians to ensure infants are fully vaccinated against hepatitis B and post vaccine tested.
 
Infants born to HBsAg-positive women should receive hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG 0.5 mL, IM) as soon as possible after birth and hepatitis B vaccine within 12 hours of birth.  Post exposure prophylaxis with hepatitis B vaccine and HBIG administered 12 to 24 hours after birth, followed by completion of hepatitis B vaccine series, has been demonstrated to be 85%-95% effective in preventing acute and chronic HBV infection in infants born to chronic carriers.
 
 
 
 
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