On Saturday afternoon, The Ministry of Health facilitated a training session for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC).

The training was facilitated by the Infection Prevention and Control professionals at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and Ministry of Health staff including the Department of Health's Senior Medical Officer Dr. Heather Armstrong and the Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit's Nurse Epidemiologist Ms Jennifer Wilson.  

The training was intended for physicians, nurses and laboratory personnel to refresh their skills in the use of PPE and healthcare facility IPC in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Chief Medical Officer Dr. Cheryl Peek-Ball said, "We expect participants in this training would be equipped to: safely manage patients who are suspected of having the virus, collect specimens for testing, and could serve as a pool of professionals to assist with a centralized COVID-19 testing set-up." 

There were 15 participants.