Press Releases - 2021

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

• 10/29/2021 Connecticut Department of Public Health Stresses Lead Prevention Safety

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

• 8/17/2021 Connecticut DPH Is Collaborating With Hospitals And Physician Leaders To Establish COVID Third Dose Guidelines

• 8/31/2021 Connecticut DPH Announces First Two Cases Of West Nile Virus Infection This Year

  Residents Advised To Protect Themselves And Family Members From Mosquito Bites

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

• 12/9/2021 Statement From Connecticut Department Of Public Health Commissioner Manisha Juthani, MD, On The State’s COVID Positivity Rates

• 8/26/2021 Connecticut Department of Public Health Issues Health Alert

  Litchfield County Now Upgraded To The “High Transmission” Category Middlesex County Also Returns To The “High Transmission” Category

• 12/4/2021 GOVERNOR LAMONT ANNOUNCES FIRST CONFIRMED COVID-19 OMICRON VARIANT CASE IN CONNECTICUT

• 1/6/2021 DPH Reminds CT Residents to Test Their Homes for Radon

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

• 8/5/2021 Connecticut Department of Public Health Issues Health Alert

  New Haven County Now Upgraded To The “High Transmission” Category

• 10/19/2021 Connecticut DPH Receives Centers For Disease Control And Prevention Five-Year Climate And Health Program Grant

• 10/15/2021 Connecticut DPH Issues Statement Regarding J & J And Moderna COVID-19 Boosters

• 6/9/2023 Department of Public Health reminds residents to remain vigilant about changing air quality conditions throughout the weekend