Press Releases - 2021

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• 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

• 8/10/2021 Connecticut Department of Public Health Issues Health Alert

  New London County Now Upgraded To The 'High Transmission" Category

• 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

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

• 2/19/2021 DPH Warns of Contaminated Cheese, Cites Recall of Queso Fresco Varieties

• 9/30/2021 Statement From Connecticut Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Manisha Juthani Regarding COVID-19 Vaccines For Expectant Mothers

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

• 2/24/2021 DPH Updates Recall of Contaminated Cheese

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

• 12/29/2021 Connecticut DPH Encourages Use Of Updated CDC Isolation And Quarantine Guidance

• 12/29/2021 Governor Lamont Announces Plans To Distribute Three Million COVID-19 Self-Tests

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

• 2/10/2021 DPH Releases Available Race/Ethnicity Covid Vaccination Data

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