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Jairo Bravo, worker at Correctional Center
2Aug By Web TeamNo Comments
Neighbors, Profiles, United States

Jairo Bravo, worker at Correctional Center

Jairo Bravo, a man who worked at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, died on August 1, 2020, from complications of COVID-19. He is believed to be the first employee of Miami-Dade’s County’s detention system lost to the virus. Jairo Bravo, 48, worked at TGK for less than a year. Before that, he spent three years with the Florida Department of Corrections. His family lives outside of the country and is trying to get to Miami. Funeral arrangements are forthcoming. Local10.com
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Jose Roberto Alvarez, food worker
21Jul By Web TeamNo Comments
Neighbors, Profiles, United States

Jose Roberto Alvarez, food worker

Jose Roberto Alvarez, a worker at  Mission Foods in Commerce in Los Angeles County, died from Covid-19 complications on July 20, 2020. For Alisha Alvarez, the daughter of a high-risk essential worker, receiving the call that her parents had tested positive for COVID-19 was something she had feared for months, especially because of her father. “On Sunday, [June] 28th, him and my mom went to go get tested and they were both positive,” Alvarez explained. “The minute I got that call, it was heart wrenching.” Alvarez had major concerns about her dad, Jose Roberto Alvarez, 67, who was working full-time as the head of the maintenance team at Mission Foods, one of three locations shutdown by LA County Public Health on Sunday for failing to report outbrea...
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Maurilia Cruz Aca, Social Worker
20May By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Mexico, Profiles

Maurilia Cruz Aca, Social Worker

Maurilia Cruz Aca – a Social Worker at ISSSTE Hospital de Alta Especialidad, Veracruz, Mexico – passed away due to COVID-19. It was reported on May 20, 2020. Source: Facebook Please help us in adding details.
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Laurence Ménard, Social Worker
5May By Web TeamNo Comments
Canada, Neighbors, Profiles

Laurence Ménard, Social Worker

Laurence Ménard – a Social Worker at CLSC Drummond, Drummondville, Canada – passed away on 4 May 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Laurence was 33 years old. “On behalf of the APTS and in my personal name, I offer my condolences to the family and loved ones of Laurence Ménard . My thoughts go out to her work colleagues, particularly the APTS team from Mauricie and Center-du-Québec where she was a liaison, who have just lost one of their loved ones, ”said President Andrée Poirier. Source: Express Please help us in adding details.
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Justa Barrios, home care worker
3May By Web TeamNo Comments
Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Justa Barrios, home care worker

Justa Barrios ‑ a home care worker and labor organizer who worked with the Ain't I A Woman? campaign, a coalition of professional caregivers, against the 24-hour workday and the National Mobilization Against Sweatshops (NMASS), a grassroots labor organization ‑ died from Covid-19 on May 2, 2020.   Barrios was a home care worker for 18 years and notably worked 24-hour shifts for over 14 years, five days a week. She developed severe asthma and heart problems as a result. On May 2, 2020, the Aint I A Woman? campaign reported that Barrios had died of COVID-19. Barrios was working to distribute Personal Protective Equipment to home care workers throughout New York City shortly before she contracted COVID-19.   Barrios worked with the Ain't I A Woman? campaign...
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Cathy Drouin, Social Worker
3May By Web TeamNo Comments
Neighbors, Profiles, United States

Cathy Drouin, Social Worker

Cathy Drouin – a Social Worker at Palm Center, Chelmsford, Massachusetts – passed away on 27 April, 2020, after suffering rom COVID-19. Cathy was 69 years old. “She was always above and beyond in her job; she was never selfish,” said her husband of 42 years, Dennis Drouin. “She was always so caring, she never stopped, even when she got sick.” “She was a well-loved colleague of more than 20 years and the entire community is mourning her loss, along with many residents who were also taken by this terrible virus,” Feifer said in the statement. Source: Bostonglobe Please help us in adding details.
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PK Kareem Haji, Businessman and social worker
30Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
High Profilers, India, Noteworthy, Profiles, United Arab Emirates

PK Kareem Haji, Businessman and social worker

PK Kareem Haji was a resident of UAE for over 40 years PK Kareem Haji, 62 ‑ a businessman in Abu Dhabi, former president of Abu Dhabi Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre (KMCC) and an active community worker with the Indian Islamic Centre, the Sunni Centre, among others ‑ died of complications from Covid-19 on April 30, his family confirmed to Gulf News. A native of Thiruvathra - (Thrissur District), Kerala, Haji was being treated at Abu Dhabi’s Burjeel Hospital. Haji is said to have been at the hospital for nearly 10 days before succumbing to Covid-19, reported GN’s Anjana Kumar He leaves behind a wife, and three sons, who are looking after his business. Haji's son, Mohammad Abdul Gafoor, confirmed his father died due to complications after contracting Covid-19. “My father was a...
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