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Pandemic Declaration Does Not Change Local COVID-19 Response
Community News Megan Barton Community News Megan Barton

Pandemic Declaration Does Not Change Local COVID-19 Response

Submitted by Kendra Fleming

Although the World Health Organization today declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the area’s Medical Officer of Health says there is no need to panic. “At this time, we still do not have any local cases,” says Lynn Noseworthy, Medical Officer of Health for the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit. “And while we may eventually see cases in our area, we have been working with our hospitals and health care partners to ensure we have supports in place to protect our residents and contain the spread of the illness when it arrives.”

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