GOVERNOR LAMONT CALLS UP NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS TO ASSIST IN COVID-19 AT-HOME TEST AND MASK DISTRIBUTION
HARTFORD, CT– Governor Ned Lamont announced that he is calling up nearly 100 Connecticut National Guard soldiers and airmen to assist in the logistical operations for the immediate distribution of the three million COVID-19 at-home rapid tests and six million N95 masks that he announced yesterday the state has purchased to help curb the spread of COVID-19 during this heavy travel and holiday season. The at-home tests and N95 masks are being distributed by the state to municipalities and school districts. Each municipality and school district will then determine how best to provide them to people who live in their respective cities and towns. While ordered to duty, the Connecticut National Guard soldiers and airmen will also perform missions to alleviate the…


