 Welcome to NTN Nightly. I am Janelle Norville. This edition stops stories. Communities urge to adhere to protocols stipulated by the Department of Health and Wellness. St. Lucia joins the world in celebrating International Nurses Day and COVID-19 ushers in a new normal. As of May 12, 2020, St. Lucia has recorded a total of 18 confirmed cases of COVID-19. 17 are fully recovered and have reintegrated into their communities, and one active case is currently in hospital care and recovering well. The Department of Health and Wellness, as it continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, is calling on the public to cooperate fully, especially during the current phased reopening of the country, which commenced on Monday, April 13, 2020. The Department is making an urgent plea to community members to adhere to all stipulations, including the recommended six-feet physical distancing measures and the use of a phased mask or scarf. Chief Medical Officer in the Department of Health and Wellness, Dr. Sharon Belmar George, indicated that there is a lack of compliance at the community level. She reiterated that St. Lucia is still at a very critical position in the response to the national COVID-19 threat, and thus the country cannot let its guard down. On Tuesday, May 12, 2020, the Department of Health and Wellness received into quarantine 20 St. Lucians who are cruise ship workers on the Carnival Glory. These nationals shall be in quarantine for a period of 14 days, as per the country's established protocol. Over the next few weeks, we will continue to receive other St. Lucia cruise workers, and eventually we will receive the rest of our returning nationals. The Department of Health and Wellness implores everyone to cooperate during the current phased reopening of the country, which commence from April 13, 2020. The Department makes an urgent plea at the level of the community to adhere to the recommended six-foot physical distancing measures and also the use of a face mask or scarf. We do not see compliance at the level of the smaller communities. St. Lucia is still in a critical position in our response to COVID-19. On its own, Dr. Belmar George indicated that the virus is unable to spread, rather people spread the virus. As such, by remaining at home and avoiding mass crowd activities, the potential of an outbreak of COVID-19 is significantly reduced. Though keeping these physical distance measures and wearing a face mask may be challenging for some, and very different from what is known to be normal within the communities, its benefit in preventing the local transmission surpasses any inconveniences. The public is once again urged to adhere to all protocols stipulated by the Department of Health and Wellness, as St. Lucia continues its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Corporate St. Lucia continues to play its part in the fight against COVID-19. Ruby's West Indies Limited is the latest entity to provide support donating personal protective equipment PPE to aid in the fight against COVID-19 in St. Lucia. More in this report from Fernelle Neptune. The Ministry of Health and Wellness recently received the donation of personal protective equipment PPE from Ruby's West Indies Limited to help healthcare workers in the fight against COVID-19. Country Manager of Ruby's West Indies Limited, Garry Gustav says it is extremely important that his organization plays a significant part to ensure frontline healthcare workers, patients, and the community as a whole remain safe from the global pandemic of COVID-19. We are pleased to partner with the CMO and to ensure that those critical persons on the frontline get the much needed PPE so as they could continue to work diligently and to maintain their safety, to ensure that their families and the island as a wide continues to recover from this pandemic. We at Ruby's have partnered with islands around the region. We continue to show our appreciation, our support in these tough times. Minister for Health and Wellness, Senator the Honourable Mary Isaac expressed appreciation to Ruby's West Indies Limited for the contribution and says the personal protective equipment is vital in this battle. It is wonderful to see that corporate society is coming forward and working with us to ensure that our people keep safe, that our frontline workers have the necessary PPEs for them to do the job that they are doing. And of course we all know that so far they have done such a wonderful job in keeping our people safe, in keeping our country safe from this horrible virus. Ruby's West Indies Limited made a donation of 2,000 surgical masks, 2,000 N95 masks and 2,500 gloves. Reporting from the Communications Unit of the Ministry of Health and Wellness, I am Phenyleptian. St. Lucia joined the rest of the World Income Emeriting International Nurses Day, celebrated annually on the 12th of May. This year's celebration was held under the theme of Voice to Lead, Nursing the World to Health, which demonstrates how nurses are central to addressing a wide range of health challenges, especially during this time. Anisia Antoine has the details. In commemoration of International Nurses Day, the Ministry of Health and Wellness recognized the nurses of the Owen King EU Hospital, the Victoria Hospital and the National Mental Wellness Centre and celebrated the contribution that they make to society. Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Jenny Daniel, expressed her gratitude towards the nurses for all their efforts, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. We recognize that nursing is a tough job and we recognize that it's an absolutely necessary job if we are to maintain health and wellness in St. Lucia. So for this in this regard, the Ministry wishes to thank and congratulate all the nurses here today, both at all of our institutions as well as our primary health care centres and to wish everyone happy International Nurses. Executive Director at the Owen King EU Hospital and Victoria Hospital, Nancy Francis, highlighted the significance of the work being done by the nurses at the respiratory hospital and commended the nurses on the extra effort placed in administering their duties. Today as we honour them, we take this opportunity to surrender them in a very profound way while observing social distancing. We are now combating COVID and everyone is involved in ensuring that we have zero death in St. Lucia. And today is very momentous for us because at the respiratory hospital so far, we have zero death and it is as a direct result of the hard work of our nurses. And today on International Nurses Day, we, the management of the Owen King EU Hospital and the respiratory hospital, congratulate and salute our nurses. The Recognition Ceremony for International Nurses Day took place on Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at the Owen King EU Hospital. From the Government Information Service, I am Anisia Antoine reporting. COVID-19 has brought about a new normal for many persons, that of working from home. Director of Events and Production at the Cultural Development Foundation, Junior Frederick, explains the pros and cons of this experience and the personal discoveries she's made. Her's Glenn Simon. Despite the devastating impact of COVID-19 globally and locally, there have been some unintended positives which have emerged from this new normal. While some persons have lost their jobs due to this pandemic, others have been forced into a new reality, working from home, for the protection of themselves and their loved ones. You know, you associate your home with that place that you come to after work, for peace and quiet, and you just let the day go. So now, it's almost like you have to rewire. I must admit, the first week, maybe I shouldn't say this, but it was hard getting into a rhythm of work. I think I spent, I think like most people, the entire week catching up on shows on Netflix. Staying up until two in the morning, just watching series. And then after that, you need to get your brain active, or else, you know, it will turn to nothing. For the past two months, Drenia Frederick, director of events and production at the Cultural Development Foundation, has been working from home. She explained that one of the challenges of getting her mind out of lazy mode to productive mode is by putting all unnecessary gadgets away and setting a routine for herself. So when you get up on a morning, if you normally would exercise or go to the gym, you do that routine and you get into the groove and it's important to create an action plan for yourself. So that action plan, all of the items that you are to complete for the duration of a month. Why put all of that down and list all of them 10, 15 items is because it will be on your mind while you're doing something else. And you know how the brain plays tricks on you. You're focused to do one activity and you say, oh, you know, you need to do that and then you stop and then you move to the next thing. So you create that action plan with a list of things, all of the items and what you're going to do to complete it. She said it's important to maintain a healthy work-life balance and set limits. You have to give yourself a cut off time as the work never ends and that too isn't good for you. She discovered that working from home has allowed her creative juices to flow ever more freely and has allowed her to delve deeper into her projects. So for me the plus side is being able to do that sort of deep work in terms of when your tasks that you have set before you the level of creativity and that feeling of comfort that you're in your own home, you're not pressured you're not pressured to go and get dressed and hustle and beat the traffic. We asked her opinion on whether work from home arrangements or teleworking should be kept in some measure even after Saint Lucia is freed from this COVID-19 pandemic. But it does concede high levels of productivity and in terms of completing the tasks that polish that you want maybe some sort of type of rotation but also to allow companies and businesses to create a proper sort of system or schedule for people working from home. I think this was always there but we never saw the benefits we never used it and we never saw it as a tool for productivity. In a business news daily article entitled Working from Home Increases Productivity it's found that remote employees work 1.4 more days per month than their office-based counterparts resulting in more than three additional weeks of work per year. For the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council Glenn Simon reporting And this is NTN Nightly Up Next Primer Hutchinson with NTN Nuffel Aquial It is possible for infected food handlers or workers to introduce the 19 virus into food or onto surfaces within the food business by coughing and sneezing or through hand contact unless they strictly follow good personal hygiene practices. Food handlers must wash their hands before starting work before handling cooked or ready to eat food, after handling or preparing raw food, after handling waste, after cleaning duties after using the toilet after blowing their nose or sneezing or coughing after eating or drinking and after handling money. More than ever before your important role as gatekeepers of St. Lucia's nutritional health and food security should be taken seriously when you exercise these precautions you not only safeguard your health but also continue to allow St. Lucia's access to clean, healthy and safe food. Remember it is our responsibility to ensure our nation it's fresh St. Lucia's best Welcome back We join Primus Hutchinson for the NTN Nuffel Aquial Mr. General Mr. Madame Department of University of St. Lucia for information on the Government of St. Lucia for GIS National Television for NTN for the Nuffel Aquial for Primus Hutchinson Chief Officer of Economic Affairs for the Government of St. Lucia Mr. Tommy Descartes I have announced the most important needs of the Government for the development of the economy and social affairs of St. Lucia I have discussed with the NTN Descartes declared that among the most important needs for the Government to advance the economy of St. Lucia in the third sector of the development of the economy and the third for the Social Affairs Economic Affairs for the very important So the Government has expressed and we have also considered the importance of the upgrade of the upgrade of the runway and so on so the Government wants to expand the effort so that the people who are coming here who are coming here and also look at the issues that are being raised are not being raised because they are not being addressed Yes, they are not being addressed but for the people who are coming here I would like to look at the social media because of Covid and because of Covid So I would like to applaud them because they are not being addressed Descartes said the Government has imposed the importance of the sector of the water for the betterment for the industry, tourism, agriculture the manufacturers Descartes also talked about the restrictions but mainly to develop the sector of tourism and the city powers What do you want to say? I want to say that this is the way to upgrade the gas house the Government is going to buy the sort of grant for the assistance but just as money is being marketed so actually you have to buy a computer you have to buy a book to see what is going on in the business I would like to say that this is the way to upgrade the gas house and all of that but I would like to say that this is the way to upgrade the water for the people who are coming here and the people who are coming here and the people who are coming here and the Government is going to buy this Here I would like to say that this is the way to spread the international community in the country I would like to wish you congratulations on the service and the service of the people who are coming here I want to say, because this is the way to create the business the people who are going here The way of discussion is that Minister Isaac played the role of the city of Osala, which is to destroy and penetrate the city. And as Isaac explained to me, it is very important that Osala can work in the city to learn how to work, to learn how to live and work, and to learn how to trade and to do business, to be able to trade in Osala and to receive work. So Nukari Kosa knows me, we go to Hawaii to do it, but they don't know how to appreciate the work that they are doing here. So Nukari Pawelsala knows me, we all know how to appreciate Nukari Kosa. We are doing business here in Nukari, we are looking for services. And the business here is not only for the people who work here, but also for the service. Because the people here don't know how to appreciate the work that they are doing here. So this business here, you can appreciate the work that they are doing here. So Nukari Kosa knows how to appreciate the work that they are doing here. But Nukari Kosa knows how to appreciate the work that they are doing here. I am the Minister of Agriculture in Chimay to increase the production of animal sector in the country. The initiative is here. And the work station has already been closed since last year. For the sake of the work, I have found these animals here at the Agricultural College of Afalus. So if we want to find a common wallet, we need to have a visitation to make an estimation of the preparation of the work that we are doing here to start the first phase of the business. The special project coordinator, the Minister of Agriculture, Eden Compton, said that for the development of the animal sector, it is to assist the people who work here to increase the industry. As you can see, we have started the business here. Here we have a facility to produce diverse animals. We can help them to multiply, to sell, to sell them. We have a facility to provide them with these animals. In this facility, we also have the official extension with Dr. Zanimo, who offers services and advice to the animal society and different treatment services for these animals that are not able to produce animals at all. And as you can see, the current officers and the public health officers of this animal are also here at the Agricultural College of Afalus. To make the examination possible, they come here to sell a lot of land. The Agricultural College of Afalus, to examine these animals, they come here to buy three animals, five animals, and to manage them all by themselves. They come here to provide good protection and quality food for the whole of the animals. They are here to provide feed for these animals and to have them come here. This facility is very advanced and it has a lot of activities. But the first phase for the project is a third phase of its development. The first phase is that the construction of the canal makes it easier for the farmers to have a place to grow these animals. they are allowed to put animals down, they have the place to eat the bread there and they have the place to deliver the food to the Chinese and the equipment for these animals and for these animals to be allowed for the workers who live in the West Coast to put the food in the end completely, and they are allowed to pay $5.3 million Thank you very much for your time and for all the support you have given us. I would also like to thank you for your time and for all the support you have given us. Thank you very much for your time and for your support. Thank you very much for all the support you have given us.