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Dr. Shanker Nesathurai is concluding his service as Haldimand-Norfolk’s Medical Officer of Health as of May 21, 2021. Dr. Nesathurai has served the region for nearly three years, a significant portion of which was spent managing the COVID-19 pandemic – work which included preventing and managing outbreaks at area nursing homes and migrant farm worker […]

As Haldimand and Norfolk enter the Orange-Restrict category of the province’s COVID-19 response framework,  Dr. Shanker Nesathurai, Haldimand-Norfolk’s Medical Officer of Health, issued the following statement: “As the Haldimand-Norfolk area moves into the Orange – Restrict category of the province’s COVID-19 re-opening framework, I want to take the opportunity to remind community members to remain […]

  The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit, Norfolk General Hospital and paramedic services in both counties are collaborating to deliver second doses of COVID-19 vaccine to residents of long-term care and retirement homes this week. This effort is in collaboration with community physicians who provide care at these facilities. More than 1,100 long-term care and retirement home […]

Jan. 29, 2021 – The United Kingdom (UK) variant of COVID-19 has been identified in Haldimand-Norfolk. The UK variant appears to be more highly contagious, though early suggestions are that the vaccines distributed in Ontario will be effective against this variant. “The appearance of this more easily-transmittable variant of COVID-19 in Haldimand-Norfolk underscores the importance […]

The provincial government has directed all hospitals and public health units in Ontario to pause the administration of all first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, except for residents of long-term care homes and retirement homes. The interim direction comes after this week’s news of reductions in the supply of the Pfizer vaccine. The Ontario government […]