Page 7 - Our Little Roses FMS 2020 Annual Report

MANAGING COVID-19

In my role as President of Our Little Roses Ministries, I can not imagine
how we would have been able to handle the situation with COVID-19
in 2020 without Dr. Antonio Perez. He has been invaluable in getting
all of the employees and girls through the pandemic.

From the onset, Dr. Tony, as he is fondly referred to, kept in constant
contact with the staff and girls, stopping by frequently to ensure that
nobody had the virus. He developed our safety protocols and ensured
our staff had the list of necessary protective equipment and an
isolation room set up, in case we had an active case of COVID.

Dr. Tony runs our neighborhood medical clinic, Sagrada Familia (Holy
Family Medical Clinic) which provides for the needs of the community
as well. He especially cares for those who have limited resources to
pay for doctor’s visits and medications. Because the clinic is small and
social distancing has been essential, he has made use of his garage
and has added chairs outside to accommodate the steady stream of
patients from the community.

The situation in San Pedro Sula is still dire. Honduras is the only
Central American country where there is no reduction of cases of
COVID since the onset of the pandemic. At the present time there is
still no set date when the vaccinations will begin.

For Dr. Antonio’s Perez’s description of the impact of COVID-19,
please click the link to read the translated copy of “Impact and
Handling of Covid in the Community and OLR”.

D R . D I A N A F R A D E
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Our Little Roses Ministries
Founder & President

"Any staff with suspicious symptoms were tested and if negative, they were asked to

quarantine at home and come back 7-10 days later for a second COVID test. This
protocol was able to detect 4 COVID cases from the staff. They remained quarantined in
isolation until they tested negative to come back to work, therefore, keeping the virus
from spreading in the compound."
pg. 7
-Dr. Antonio Perez