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Norfolk County mayor questions cottager ban, says provincial help is needed amid COVID-19

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After a cottager ban was issued by the area’s medical officer, Norfolk County mayor Kristal Chopp is expressing concern over an influx of visitors and appealing for help from the province amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

On April 23, Haldimand-Norfolk’s medical officer Dr. Shanker Nesathurai signed an order forbidding residents with a second home in either county from occupying their recreational property.

Letters with the order were mailed out to owners on May 1. While Chopp is “not necessarily even saying that I entirely agree with the order,” she said residents have very real reasons to be concerned in Halidmand and Norfolk. “They know that we only have eight ventilators.

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