Doctors caring for critically ill COVID-19 patients have had to find new ways to treat a fierce and mysterious virus, and at the same time comfort patients who are isolated without loved ones near them. Connecticut Public Radio’s Diane Orson spoke with Dr. Raymond Foley, medical director of the intensive care unit at UConn John Dempsey Hospital in Farmington.

Hartford HealthCare has launched a mobile coronavirus testing program in partnership with the city of Hartford that will make it easier to bring testing to people who need it.

Stamford has been hit hard by COVID-19 . The latest data show more than 2,300 confirmed cases, the most of any city or town in the state of Connecticut. Connecticut Public Radio’s Diane Orson reached out to Merima Sestovic, a nurse at Stamford Health, to hear how she and other front-line medical workers have been managing during the pandemic.

On an average day before the pandemic, the emergency department at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford would be busy with people coming in for heart attacks, strokes, trauma, injuries, common illnesses like the flu and bronchitis, and other less acute problems. But Dr. Steven Wolf, chairman of emergency medicine at Saint Francis, said it’s been weeks since the emergency room has had that level of activity outside of COVID-19 cases.

Paycheck Protection Program 2.0 opened for business this week in Connecticut and around the country. After the initial $349 billion ran in just two weeks, the federal government has now made an additional $310 billion available to small businesses who agree to keep, and pay, their employees.

After weeks in lockdown or under shelter-in-place orders, some states across the U.S. are beginning to loosen restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus . Connecticut Public Radio’s Diane Orson reached out to Dr. Faiqa Cheema, an infectious disease specialist at Hartford HealthCare, for her thoughts on what’s next for Connecticut.

Pharmacists and nurses manning the Connecticut Poison Control Center’s phone lines this past weekend were busy with calls after President Donald Trump’s suggestion last week that scientists look at how disinfectants like bleach could be ingested or injected into humans as a treatment for the coronavirus .

Praying together in a mosque could put Muslims at risk of catching COVID-19 , so mosques are closed to the public. That makes for a very different celebration of the holy month of Ramadan in 2020. It means that special evening prayers must be done at home.

National Library Week was forced to go digital this year. The American Library Association changed the original theme from “Find Your Place At The Library” to “Find The Library At Your Place” to bring attention to how libraries are still open online during the coronavirus pandemic.

Over the years, Hartford’s downtown public library has become a welcoming place for people in immigrant communities and for those experiencing homelessness. Since the branch had to close its doors over a month ago because of the coronavirus, the Hartford Public Library staff has been working to continue to serve those communities.