Press Releases - 2021

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• 8/3/2021 Connecticut Department of Public Health Issues Health Alert For Litchfield County

• 8/3/2021 Connecticut DPH Reminder to Parents to Make Sure Child Vaccinations Are Up To Date As School Resumes

• 8/1/2021 Connecticut DPH Issues Health Alert For Middlesex County Recommends Wearing Masks When in Indoor Spaces

• 7/30/2021 Connecticut DPH Issues Health Alert For Fairfield Tolland And Windham Counties

• 7/30/2021 Statement from Deidre S Gifford MD MPH Acting CT DPH Commissioner

• 7/30/2021 Governor Lamont Nominates Dr Manisha Juthani as Public Health Commissioner

• 6/24/2021 New Law Legalizing Adult Use of Cannabis will Help Clear the Air of Secondhand Smoke and Aerosol

• 6/25/2021 Connecticut Department of Public Health Releases Annual Fish Advisory Including Farmington River Update

• 6/14/2021 Connecticut Department of Public Health Identifies Ceramicware Pots as Source of Lead Poisoning

• 5/19/2021 Statement from DPH on the Recent Norovirus Outbreak Involving a Food Service Establishment in Ellington

• 5/12/2021 Governor Lamont Confirms Postponement of Nursing Home Strike Following Tentative Settlement Between Facility Owners and Healthcare Employees Union

  Governor Lamont Confirms Postponement of Nursing Home Strike Following Tentative Settlement Between Facility Owners and Healthcare Employees Union

• 5/12/2021 Department of Public Health Approves Strike Contingency Plans for 26 Nursing Homes Slated for Union Action Friday

• 5/7/2021 CTDPH Releases Data on Covid-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Cases, Highlighting the Vaccine’s Effectiveness Against the Virus

• 4/26/2021 DPH Statement on FDA and CDC Decision to Restart Use of J&J Vaccine

• 4/23/2021 DPH Confirms A Second Case of Measles In Fairfield County Household