Josh Kovner

A mother and son navigate Ct's fractured network for the treatment of autism, with Cloe Poisson projects.courant.com/raising-child-… …

An exception to no-visit rule applies to aides for 5,000 people who live in group homes but not to a much larger group who live at home: Advocates want parents of 45,000 people with intellectual disabilities to be excused from no-visit rule at hospitals courant.com/coronavirus/hc…

Wide ranging #coronavirus update: Hospital cases in Connecticut continue to decrease slightly; 41 more deaths; governors name seven-state council to re-start economy; Lamont increases funding, oversight for nursing homes; pandemic is not over, Lamont says courant.com/news/connectic…

Mental health experts in Connecticut say forced isolation during #coronavirus crisis may be creating a psychological emergency courant.com/news/connectic…

School closures have pushed parents of students in special education programs to the limit and some of the children are adrift. These 80,000 Connecticut students and their parents are bearing the brunt of the COVID-19 shutdown: courant.com/coronavirus/hc…

Non COVID infection. Looking forward to rejoining my farflung Courant mates. They are working remotely but bringing the coronavirus story to life.

Will our sovereign casinos follow suit? Thousands of jobs: Gov. Lamont to close restaurants, bars, gyms and movie theaters due to coronavirus outbreak; food delivery and takeout to continue; by Alex Putterman and Emily Brindley. courant.com/news/connectic…

Closings increase: final 10% of school districts, Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport city halls on Monday; Gov. Lamont more pointed about avoiding groups. “If you’re over 60, stay close to home,” he says; 26 confirmed cases; by Dave Altimari and Dave Owens: courant.com/coronavirus/hc…

Daily updates: Gov. Ned Lamont reports nine new confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing confirmed total to 20 patients as Lamont acts to further limit gatherings, ease family assistance and child care applications courant.com/coronavirus/hc…

Potentially four more people have come down with coronavirus: Two Yale-New Haven Hospital patients and nursing chief, as well as member of Yale University community, test positive for coronavirus, adding to state’s confirmed double-digit number courant.com/coronavirus/hc…

Coronavirus cases reach 11 in Connecticut, as economic effects spread and hospitals seek to expand testing: moratorium on utility shut offs with school children at home, people quarantined at home, or working from home; evictions, foreclosures postponed courant.com/coronavirus/hc…

Yale-New Haven’s coronavirus call center received 1,500 calls Thursday from 20 states, including two worried former cruise ship passengers, a pro sports league, primary-care doctors, employers, teachers, coaches, parents, and patients.

Dr. Marie Landry and her virology team at Yale-New Haven Hospital can now test for COVID-19 after verifying the tests are reliable. Yale doctors hope to reach 200 tests daily by mid next week. Greenwich Hospital, part of Y-NH network, collected 130 samples over last 4 days.

ACLU of Ct asking for COVID-19 precautions in criminal justice system — bail review for pre-trial inmates who can’t make bail, expedited parole, limit arrests to serious cases at this point

Yale-New Haven Hospital will ramp up its own COVID-19 lab next week with capability of 200 tests/day —first of handful of hospital labs to provide relief to small state DPH lab. Hartford Hospital will follow suit. Y-NH has 12 coronavirus patients in neg pressure rms, has 200 beds

Ct still hasn’t tested 100 people, with tens of thousands expected to get sick with the #coronavirus over the next month: After dismal start, state health officials say testing for coronavirus will improve with addition of private labs and hospitals courant.com/coronavirus/hc…

Fewer than 100 people have been tested for COVID-19 as state lab is overwhelmed by coronavirus testing. Hartford Healthcare says it will start conducting full tests at its FDA-approved lab once an order for COVID-19 equipment arrives. courant.com/news/connectic…

Hartford Hospital will also begin doing entire test process, including positive/negative test results, in its FDA-certified lab once order for specific COVID-19 equipment arrives in “several weeks,” says Dr. Ajay Kumar. Equipment takes a total of 10 weeks to arrive.

Hartford Healthcare, after meetings with DPH, ready to start drive-through testing early next week. Call 24-hour COVID-19 hotline at (860) 972-8100, clinician will direct you to location.

Hartford Healthcare piloting drive-through sample collection (mouth and nose swab) for COVID-19 test. Greenwich Hospital has begun the on-site sample collection, but order and appt needed through primary care doctor. Photo courtesy Hartford Healthcare.

Hartford Healthcare restricts hospital visits to patients, bans visitors to its nursing homes except hospice, limits guests to assisted living centers, bans employee travel, deploying 24-hr telemed, drive-through Covid-19 tests, text 31996 for updates on visitor restrictions,