Press Releases - 2021

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• 11/15/2021 Connecticut DPH Reminds Connecticut Residents About The Process For Contact Tracing In the Event Of A COVID Exposure

• 4/14/2021 DPH Issues Emergency Order to Rocky Hill Nursing Home After Water Samples Test Positive for Legionella

• 8/13/2021 Connecticut Department Of Public Health Launches Free COVID Testing Location In Danbury Starting Tomorrow

• 9/10/2021 Risk of West Nile Virus Continues: Third Human Case Identified In The State

  Virus-positive mosquitoes continue to be detected in Connecticut towns

• 2/1/2021 DPH Warns Residents of Carbon Monoxide Danger

• 2/16/2021 DPH Issues Warning on El Abuelito Queso Fresco Cheese

• 8/23/2021 GOVERNOR LAMONT AND COMMISSIONER GIFFORD STATEMENTS

  ON FDA FULL APPROVAL OF THE PFIZER COVID 19 VACCINE

• 2/13/2021 DPH Issues Public Health Alert on Hispanic-style Fresh and Soft Cheeses

• 9/9/2021 Governor Lamont And Public Health Commissioner Gifford Express Concern Over COVID-19 Outbreaks

  Highlight Reduced Risk For Vaccinated Persons ​

• 10/29/2021 Connecticut DPH Begins Issuing Civil Penalties to Long-term Care Facilities for Failure to Comply with Executive Order 13F

• 8/18/2021 Connecticut DPH Reviewing Guidance In Anticipation Of September Booster Vaccine Rollout

• 10/24/2021 Connecticut Children's And Yale New Haven Children's Warn Parents Against Respiratory Viruses This Fall

• 8/11/2021 Connecticut DPH Reminds Workers To Take Necessary Precautions During Current August Heat Wave

• 12/23/2021 DPH Announces Holiday COVID-19 Testing Hours

• 8/12/2021 Connecticut DPH Issues Health Alert Middlesex County Now Upgraded To The High Transmission Category