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Publishing date: Apr 28, 2021 • April 28, 2021 • 2 minute read • Norfolk County community paramedic Jeff Mullin administers a dose of vaccine to a resident at a recent vaccination clinic. Delivering vaccines is just one of many extra duties Norfolk paramedics, like their counterparts across the province, have taken on to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Contributed /Photo
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Sarah Page has taken on a lot of other responsibilities since the pandemic started just over a year ago.
But the Chief of Norfolk Paramedic Services is not alone and while the past year has been stressful, Page looks back on it with pride.
Paramedics take on extra duties on the frontlines of COVID-19 battle
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Paramedics take on extra duties on the frontlines of COVID-19 battle
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Haldimand-Norfolk’s medical officer of health remains concerned about number of daily new cases of COVID-19, and the rising amount of variants of concern in the area.
“We are seeing about 23 new cases per day on average, with 258 reported over the last 14 days,” said Dr. Shanker Nesathurai during his weekly media conference. “The volume of cases has meant that we’ve had to curtail case and contact management (that is) always a cornerstone of containment.”
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