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Fairfield Legislators To Hold Coronavirus Update

Fairfield's state delegation will meet Thursday to discuss vaccination and mitigating the spread of the virus.

Members of the Town of Fairfield community are invited to participate in a conversation about COVID-19 and receive updates from community leaders and health officials. It will be held on Thursday, December 17, 2020 from 12 Noon to 1 PM on Zoom and Facebook. You can join on Facebook at Facebook.com/RepMcCarthyVahey or via Zoom by contacting Kim.Taylor@cga.ct.gov

The Fairfield State Delegation including Sen. Tony Hwang, Rep. Cristin McCarthy Vahey, Rep. Laura Devlin, Rep. Brian Farnen and Rep.-Elect Jennifer Leeper will join together to discuss local and statewide efforts to battle this pandemic.

Special guests are Sten Vermund, Dean & Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health at Yale School of Medicine and Dr. Christopher Winterbottom, Director of Medical Intensive Care Unit at Bridgeport Hospital (YNNH).

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This will be an update on the COVID-19 pandemic and a discussion about vaccination and mitigating the spread of the virus. Email questions ahead of time to Kim.Taylor@cga.ct.gov

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