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Twenty-three residents of the Rotarus Home for Senior Citizens in Mahikeng, North West, are expected to get their Covid-19 jab.
The home has 25 residents, and one of them said she was not keen on getting the vaccine - just yet.
However, another resident said although her son warned her against taking the vaccine, she would be doing so anyway. I feel that [the vaccine] has not been tested long enough. So, I am not having it, 93-year-old Ursula van Dyk from North West says.
Van Dyk is a resident of the Rotarus Home for Senior Citizens in Mahikeng.
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The board of health will consider putting together a sub-committee to recruit a new acting medical officer of health for Haldimand-Norfolk.
In a report to the board of health, which will meet on Tuesday, Heidy Van Dyk, acting general manager of health and social services, recommends the committee be made up of four Norfolk County councillors and three Haldimand County councillors.
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Dr. Shanker Nesathurai, who has been Haldimand-Norfolk’s medical officer of health for almost three years, is leaving the post as of May 21. His departure was announced in March.
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