For 10 months, the coronavirus pandemic has forced Connecticut and the country to pivot from one unknown to the next. And beginning next week, the state will once again embark on something it has never undertaken before: the vaccination of the general public against COVID-19.
In Connecticut, COVID-19 vaccinations have so far been available only to select groups of people, including health care workers and nursing home residents. In the coming days, vaccinations will begin for people 75 and older, the first group to become eligible under Phase 1B. After that, as many as 1.5 million state residents could become eligible for vaccination.