With delivery uncertain for the 500,000 at-home test kits that the state had planned to deliver to municipalities Thursday morning, local officials began sending out messages overnight letting residents know that the planned Thursday afternoon handouts to residents were off.
Some communities such as Derby, had planned their distribution events for Friday and were holding out hope that they could proceed as scheduled.
Overnight, a message was sent to municipal leaders saying: “No test kit flight overnight. No distributions on Thursday will be possible. More info as received,” according to Gov. Ned Lamont’s office.
Lamont had hoped to get the test kits into the hands of residents before the New Year’s holiday.
The City of Ansonia posted the news on its Facebook page shortly before 1 a.m. Thursday. The city was expecting to receive 2,430 test kits.
“This afternoon’s COVID test distribution event at Nolan Field has been CANCELLED,” according to the post. “The cancellation is due to a delay in the shipment of the COVID rapid test kits ordered by the State of Connecticut. The delay will impact all CT cities and towns.”
Residents are urged to monitor the city’s social media pages for a new distribution time.
In Milford, Mayor Ben Blake also encouraged residents to stay up to date with the situation on the city’s Facebook page. The city was expecting to receive 6,390 kits and distribution would begin as soon as the kits arrived, Blake said.
“Milford emergency management officials are standing by ready to pick up Milford’s...
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