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Below is a list of media releases sent out by the staff and programs at the Haldimand-Norfolk Unit.
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In an effort to ensure anyone who wants a COVID-19 vaccination receives one, the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit is asking anyone 80 years of age or older, as well as high-risk healthcare workers, who do not have a family physician in Haldimand or Norfolk or who do not have a family physician at all to call […]
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 […]