Boughton: Restaurants Are Not The Coronavirus Problem In Danbury

Danbury CT

01 December, 2020

9:53 AM

Description

DANBURY, CT — Bars and restaurants are not a meaningful source for the transmission of the coronavirus in Danbury, Mayor Mark Boughton said. The statement came following the report of 311 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the city ver the long holiday weekend. Boughton said he believes that "shopping is responsible for a lot of the spread," but does not favor any stricter guidelines meant to curb it. He said the stores in the city are all compliant with the current regulations. "Close proximity to large groups of people is really the issue, mask or no mask," according to the mayor, speaking in a Facebook livestream Monday night. "We're still struggling to understand where the spread happens." Boughton said he had sent coronavirus compliance regulation enforcement agents to "every single restaurant" in Danbury last week, and they "did not find a lot of violations — a handful of little things, nothing major." The mayor expects to see "vaccines begin to roll out slowly by the end of December." Gov. Ned Lamont said Connecticut should see its first 20,000 doses of a vaccine on Dec. 14 and another 20,000 doses later in December. Dr. Anthony Fauci said the vaccine is 95 percent effective and that it's vital everyone takes it, according to Lamont, speaking at a news conference Monday. "They will be in short supply to begin with, and as they slowly ramp up production, be available," Boughton said. The mayor anticipated that the country would "get back to normal by May-June." "We're getting close to the end of this," Boughton said.