Second-year University of the West Indies student Javier Bryan, 20, has been developing a device that is able to remotely monitor a person's vital signs.

Bryan, who is reading for a Bachelor of Science degree in electronics and computer science, started creating the machine after COVID-19 reached Jamaica.

"I have been working on it since the COVID situation escalated in Jamaica, and since people are being told to stay home. So, this could be a way to monitor those people who may be experiencing symptoms, especially since hospitals don't have the space to accommodate everyone," he told THE STAR. "Basically, it would measure and record information about a patient like temperature, heart rate and other stuff, and would allow the patient to be monitored from anywhere as the data can be transmitted wirelessly."

Bryan, who resides in Water Lane, Clarendon, says the machine is not yet completed and is still in the 'prototyping' phase.