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Monday 8 June 2020

The Ritz-Carlton, Aruba prepares for the ‘new normal’

PALM BEACH — Let's take care of Wednesday, June 3rd, more than
our health and support each other 45 Ladies and Gentlemen par-
says The Ritz-Carlton, Aruba to their ticipated while practicing social
employees who carry the title La- distancing. The hotel is preparing
dies & Gentlemen. their staff not only by keeping them
healthy but also to work with the
June is the month that their Ladies safest protocol which was taught
and Gentlemen are participating recently during a training for the
every Wednesday for a #5K Walk/ ‘new normal’.q
Run at 6.30AM and/or 5.30PM. Last

Volunteers clean up The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA):

Bubali Wetlands Food safety is everyone’s business

PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD we consume is safe and
PALM BEACH — Volunteers of Hilton Aruba Caribbean AND TOBAGO — World does not cause damage
Resort & Casino and others have cleaned up the pro- Food Safety Day 2020 hap- to our health. Food safety
tected nature area Bubali Wetlands past Saturday. pened on June 7. In the Ca- involves all the steps taken
More than 200 people gathered in favor of nature. ribbean region, foodborne from farm to table to pre-
Aruba Birdlife Conservation is the initiative taker of diseases continue to in- vent contamination and
this happening. On their Facebook they wrote the crease and have huge im- foodborne illness. Food
following poem: pacts on public health and handlers should be vigi-
the economy. Thousands lant about preparing and
A beginning and an end. of people in the region ex- cooking food properly,
A pure intention. perience one or more epi- whilst consumers should be
Here follows a story of Love in Aruba. sodes of foodborne illness. aware of safe food prac-
Of 200 and more who came together for the good tices, foods which may be
of the children. Each year, roughly 1 in 49 unsafe for consumption
Who labored in silence. persons in the Caribbean and must practice proper
Blind to race or ethnicity. (approximately 142,000 hygiene before consum-
Blind to walks of Life. persons) will acquire a ing foods. It is a shared re-
They labored as one, no judgement, no hatred. foodborne illness due to sponsibility between food
No pondering between the ears. Not guided by fears. possible consumption of handlers and consumers.
Coming from Love. United in intuition. a contaminated food or Undoubtedly, food safety is
They manifested their Love for Aruba's nature. drink. This number is in- everybody’s business.
They reaped happiness. creased to 1 in 11 persons
They did it for the children. q during the frequent mass In the Caribbean, food CARPHA demonstrates the
gathering events such as borne diseases (FBDs) are increasing prevalence of
carnival, cricket, “limes’, an increasing public health diarrheal illness and ongo-
food festivals and holi- concern, as reflected by ing occurrence of FBD out-
day celebrations that the the increasing number of breaks Data for 21 CARPHA
multi-cultural Caribbean is reported cases and out- Member States from 2005-
well noted for. Moreover, breaks of gastroenteritis 2016 indicate that reported
over 40% of the cases are and FBDs. The Caribbe- FBD pathogens increased
children aged 1-4 years of an Public Health Agency by 31%. Salmonella was the
age. (CARPHA) collates a record most common infection,
of reported cases of food- followed by Ciguatera poi-
We all have a role to play borne diseases for the Ca- soning, Shigella, Campylo-
to ensure that the food ribbean region. Data from bacter and Norovirus.q