With hundreds of first responders in isolation, retirees and injured workers are asking to help

With hundreds of first responders in isolation, retirees and injured workers are asking to help
According to numbers released by the Department of Health, 512 health-care workers, including more than 400 in the Eastern Health region, are self-isolating.
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Vehicles line up at the drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at the Janeway Children's Hospital in St. John's on Monday.(Sherry Vivian/CBC)
As more than 500 first responders across the province are sidelined due to COVID-19-related isolation, the call for more workers is being answered by retirees and injured workers looking to help where they can.
According to numbers released by the Department of Health, 512 health-care workers are in isolation as of Monday, including more than 400 in the Eastern Health region. Jerry Earle, president of NAPE — the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees — which represents many first responders, said union members are in isolation for different reasons including direct contact or being a close contact of the virus.

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