Updates on Out-Patient COVID 19 Testing
(Excludes Quest lab and LabCorp from the list)
BRISTOL HOSPITAL:
Drive Thru Testing is available. See link for details.
https://www.bristolhealth.org/…/Coronavrus-Specimen-Collect…
GREENWICH HOSPITAL:
Drive-Thru Testing is available.
Yale New Haven Health System has an ambulatory, outdoor testing facility in Greenwich
YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL:
Yale New Haven Hospital: 833-ASK-YNHH for anyone who has questions.
Yale has replicated the test and is gearing up to be able to perform 200 screening tests per day.
WATERBURY HOSPITAL:
Drive- Thru testing will be available (Details are not yet clear)
IMPORTANT: Only your physician / provider can order the test only when it is indicated.
Business-
DECD will defer loan payments for all Small Business Express loans for three months. Additional details include:
· The Small Business Express program has approximately 800 outstanding loans with an aggregate loan balance of approximately $110 million.
· The average loan has a five-year remaining term.
· Approximately $5 million in loan payments will be deferred.
Labor-
CT Department of Labor modifications to unemployment insurance, including suspending the requirement that workers applying for unemployment benefits be actively searching for work.
Husky- Medicaid
Department of Social Services is expanding telemedicine coverage for those under HUSKY/Medicaid
Education-
CT State Department of Education has received a waiver from the federal government allowing students who receive meals under their school’s lunch and breakfast programs to continue receiving meals during school closures and will be able to consume them at home
Evictions and Foreclosures-
State of Connecticut officials have suspended eviction and foreclosure actions at this time.