Javier, a Universitary Student Fighting Covid

By Carla Gutierrez Mouriz

Javier is a young university student who has provided his support in different impact tasks. During the recent vaccination he collaborated in the digitization of data, and calls on other students to join the work of facing the Covid-19 pandemic

At first he is shy, he confesses that he does not like protagonism. But how not to tell the story of this young Accounting student who during the Covid-19 pandemic has given all his efforts to support where necessary?

Since the pandemic began, Javier Gonzalez Perez, president of the University Student Federation (FEU) of the Faculty of Accounting and Finance, collaborates in impact tasks .First, he went through the IV Isolation Centers in Alamar neighborhood; then, with the beginning of vaccination, he also offered his help in the vaccination centers.

Somos Jovenes: How did you get to impact tasks?

“When the University of Havana caledl to participate in the fight against pandemic from the isolation centers, I entered the so-called IV in Alamar in April 2020r, together with the Dean of my faculty.

“There I met many people who are currently good friends. From the beginning I wanted to do my bit and I thought it was a good option to start with the isolation centers. I have returned there six times.

“The best source of relaxation in the center came from the other members of the group. Staying late sharing, it was the best part of the day.

Because of the need to collaborate in the digitization of data, Javier joined the students who every day typed from early in the morning the data of the vaccination composing the reports of information the media communicate.

SJ: What motivated you to participate in data digitization?

In the House of FEU of the University of Havana, a vaccination center was adapted to vaccinate professors, students and workers of the university and of nearby institutions.

When they requested students from our faculty, I gathered a group for helping the medical staff of La Rampa Polyclinic in the vaccination task about; 780 people were vaccinated.

SJ: How many students participated?

“Four students were trained for the statistical work. Other students joined eventually from all the faculties, who helped the doctors both with the registration and observation of patients and in the organization of waiting queues prior to vaccination.”

SJ: How many hours a day did you devote to this task?

“Almost every day we attended people to vaccinate, each dose had to start on Tuesdays and end on Wednesday of the following week. Any failure in the schedule could cause some patient to miss their vaccination cycle, so we were very careful about that.

“The vaccination center took me most of the day. When I got home I tried to disconnect and relax as much as possible, since I also had the online course and other responsibilities with the FEU at the faculty.”

SJ: Now that the process is finished at the University of Havana's vaccination center, what are your plans?

“Well, the closest thing I have is to help in the isolation center of Bahia District in East Havana, for which I am gathering a group of students from the faculty, but I am sure that if something comes up before, I will also participate.”