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'It takes the breath out of you': Summerside residents react to news of cluster


Posted: Feb 26, 2021 4:48 PM AT | Last Updated: February 26
Cars line up Friday at the drive-thru testing clinic at Summerside's Slemon Park, after public health officials asked everyone in the city to get tested if they had any symptoms of COVID-19. (Brittany Spencer/CBC)
People lined up in droves Friday at testing clinics in the Summerside area after P.E.I. public health officials announced a cluster of three new COVID-19 cases and urged anyone experiencing symptoms in the region to get tested and self-isolate while they await results.
"It takes the breath out of you, but you've got to get back on track and go get your test," said.Norman Doucette, who was waiting in his car with his teenage son to be tested at Slemon Park Friday morning.

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