Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz was in Danbury yesterday. She took a tour of the West Conn on-campus vaccine clinic with State Senator Julie Kushner and Representative Bob Godfrey. About 500 students signed up for appointments over two days, but the clinic was also accepting walk-ins. Some of the Resident Assistants were letting students who live in the dorms know about the availability.
The state made Pfizer doses available after scrapping plans to offer the single-dose Johnson and Johnson shot so the second dose can be administered before the end of the semester.
The Community Health Center organized the clinic and provided some staffing. Nursing students also volunteered to vaccinate fellow classmates, gaining practical knowledge as they work toward their degrees.
112 of 169 municipalities in Connecticut are currently in the red zone alert level, the highest level of COVID-19 infection. All of the Northwest corner from Kent to the state line are in the gray level, the state's lowest.
Connecticut continues to detect variants of COVID-19 in positive tests being analyzed for different strains. The most prevalent remains B.1.17, first detected in the UK with more than a thousand cases. The next largest variant group found in Connecticut is B.1.526, first detected in New York.
