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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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May 20, 2020, Simcoe, ON – A Health and Social Services employee working at the Gilbertson Administration Building in Simcoe – closed to the public since March 17 – has tested positive for COVID-19. The employee is self-isolating at home, and Health Unit staff have asked close contacts to self-isolate at home pending their own […]
Two residents of Norfolk Hospital Nursing Home have tested positive for COVID-19. The residents, at the current time, do not have symptoms. Tests have been ordered for all residents and staff. The test results that have been received so far, beyond the two positive individuals, have been negative. Additional test results are pending. Residents are […]
May 15, 2020, Simcoe, ON – With the province moving into the first stage of its plan to re-open the economy and after reviewing key public health indicators, the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit is rescinding its public health order regarding secondary residences. Effective immediately, the occupancy of secondary residences in Haldimand and Norfolk by those who […]
May 14, 2020, Simcoe, ON – One resident of Cedar Crossing Retirement Home has tested positive for COVID-19. All residents and employees of the facility have been tested. Some test results are pending. The tests that have been reported are negative, beyond this one resident. Residents are currently being self-isolated in their rooms, where they […]
The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit (HNHU) is reminding those living in the Long Point area to avoid handling wildlife after the discovery of the bacteria that causes tularemia – an infectious disease– in a large number of muskrats in the area. Tularemia – also known as rabbit fever – affects humans and animals such as muskrats, […]