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Test Your Home For Radon Gas: Darien Health Department Has Free Test Kits

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The Darien Health Department advises residents to test their homes for radon gas especially now that many families are spending more time at home due to COVID-19. Limited numbers of free test kits are now available at the Darien Health Department office. — an announcement from Darien Health Department

Radon is a naturally occurring, invisible, odorless, tasteless radioactive gas that is found throughout the US. Most of the time, it is harmlessly dispersed in outdoor air, but it can reach harmful levels when trapped in buildings. Exposure to elevated levels of radon has been shown to cause lung damage and cancer in humans.

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Flu Vaccines from Darien Health Department Now Available by Appointment

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You can now get an appointment to get the influenza vaccine from Darien Health Department on a Tuesday in October. It’s important to note that the cost is $40, payable by check, cash, ConnectiCare insurance or Medicare Part B ONLY. We do not participate with any of the Medicare Advantage Plans. The vaccine is preservative-free and available for people over 3 years old. To get your flu shot: schedule your appointment at DarienCT.gov/Flu for one of our clinics in the Town Hall Gymnasium:

—Tuesday, Oct.

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West Nile Virus Again Found in Mosquitoes in Darien, Health Department Announces

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Mosquitos with West Nile Virus have been found in Darien for the first time this year, the Darien Health Department announced Tuesday. The virus has been found in Darien mosquitoes every summer over the past 10 years. The virus was found in tests done by the state Public Health Department’s Mosquito Management Program and reported to the town Health Department. Between the time mosquitos are collected in the two trap locations in town, it takes about a week for the test results to come in, the announcement said. Along with West Nile virus, the mosquitos are also tested for Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEE) and Zika. The mosquito trapping and testing program, coordinated by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES), began in June and continues through October.

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Doctors Answer Darien’s COVID-19 Qs Online; Town Health Dept Has Advice If You Took J&J Vaccine

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Darien Health Department issued advice Tuesday morning to anyone who took the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine, after reports of rare blood-clotting from others who have taken it. “People who have received the J&J vaccine who develop severe headache, abdominal pain, leg pain, or shortness of breath within three weeks after vaccination should contact their health care provider.” In another COVID-19 related announcement, three Stamford Hospital physicians will answer questions from the public about the coronavirus in an online event Wednesday evening sponsored by Darien Library. Federal officials have suggested a pause in using the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Darien Health Department does not use it, the department said in the announcement (full text, below).

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School District Announces Yet More COVID-19 Cases, Quarantines; Health Dept Issues COVID-19 Update

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Five more individuals in Darien Public Schools have COVID-19, the school district announced Friday night, resulting in a total of 15 quarantines at Darien High School. Also, Darien Health Department released its COVID-19 update showing 28 new positive cases in town from April 2 to 8, but no new hospitalizations or deaths (the complete 10-slide report is at the bottom of this article). The one person at Tokeneke School who tested positive for COVID-19 was last in the building on April 1, and that resulted in no quarantines. Four of the five new COVID-19 cases at the high school, resulting in 10 other quarantines of people deemed to be in close-enough contact with them. Two of the people who tested positive for the coronavirus were last in the school on April 2, and the two others were last there on Tuesday, April 6.

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First Selectman’s Update on Coronavirus in Darien: How Much of It, Vaccinations, Advice

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In the past two weeks, 65 new cases of COVID-19 have been found in Darien, one person was hospitalized and a total of 300 students and employees of the school district have been put in quarantine, First Selectman Jayme Stevenson said Thursday in her CodeRed announcement to the town. Darien Health Department, in its latest Coronavirus Update, released Thursday, said a total of 2,209 vaccination shots have been administered in town, including 1,101 second shots of the Moderna vaccine and 200 Johnson & Johnson vaccines (which don’t require a second shot). The entire 10-slide report is published at the bottom of this article. “Local cases and students in quarantine are, unfortunately, on the rise,” she said. She pointed out that sine COVID-19 symptoms are very similar to seasonal allergy symptoms, when anyone in your family has those symptoms, “you should assume you have COVID-19, and all family members should get tested.”