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preventive health packages

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These preventive health

Oranjestad - Since the start care sector. People have the guidance of Yagua
of the pandemic, people also become more aware Health Group, offers pre-
have become more aware of their overall health. ventive health packages
of the importance and as a yearly program to pa-
contribution of the health- Urgent Care Aruba, under tients to keep their health in

Police enforcing child seat law for children under

12 years in the automobile

Oranjestad – The Police De- These controls will take The leading cause of these the child is in the backseat, 12 in the front passenger
partment has announced place near kindergarten injuries is because of o the they are not wearing a seat. A driver is not permit-
that they will start enforc- and elementary schools. lack of child safety. It is seatbelt or sitting in a child ted to transport a child un-
ing the Child Seat law that The Police Department has too often that parents al- seat as indicated by law. der the age of 12 on pub-
is applicable for any child seen an increase in inju- low their child under the lic roads if the child is not
under the age of 12 while in ries in children who are in- age of 12 to sit either in the The Police are warning par- in the rear seat, neither in
an automobile. volved in car accidents. front passenger seat with ents, grandparents, and a correctly installed child
no seatbelt on, and even if everyone operating an seat or booster seat and al-
automobile with children ways with the seat belt on.
younger than 12 years, that
the safety of the child goes This law serves to protect in-
first. Child safety is having nocent children during traf-
a child strapped in a child fic accidents. Child protec-
seat or booster seat and tion also applies in traffic.
buckled up in the back- Parents have time to get a
seat. proper child seat or booster
seat and ensure their back-
Under our traffic laws, "the seat safety belts are prop-
driver of a motor vehicle erly functioning.q
is prohibited from carrying
children under the age of