 The Ministry of Health and Wellness embarks on an immunization campaign to ensure that all children aged 0 to 5 years old are up to date with their vaccinations. Through October and November, officials will conduct school and community checks to make up for any health service disruptions during the pandemic. Data shows the immunization schedules of many children were interrupted since the onset of the pandemic in St. Lucia. In response, health officials have launched a vaccination sensitization campaign to restore the population's immunity levels, targeting children aged 0 to 5 years old. Medical officer of Health, Dr. Glensford Joseph, gave an update on St. Lucia's vaccine status. What we have observed is a fall in our vaccination coverage to 84%. And it is critical that we restore and maintain 95% or above vaccination coverage that will produce what is known as herd immunity. Herd immunity is the resistance to the spread of a contagious disease within a population that results if a sufficiently high proportion of individuals are immune to the disease, especially through vaccination. The Ministry of Health and Wellness has developed a national vaccine registry to capture every child's vaccine record and has partnered with the Department of Education to commence a review of the student's health cards. School safety officer in the Ministry of Education, Berners Kodra, encourages parents to cooperate when the health cards are requested. Whilst you may not have gotten the opportunity to get your children immunized before the academic year, we want you to partner with your schools by bringing in the health cards to your schools so we can see how many children have been immunized and those who have not been. And for those who have not been, we want to encourage the parents. You can take your child to the nearest wellness center or you can make arrangements with your school and a nurse will come to the school to get your child immunized. The Ministry of Health and Wellness has also scheduled community outreach activities. We also be conducting some community outreach. So you will be seeing our health team within the various communities. Again, you will be told it will be aired as to when this will happen. So it will also give you an opportunity. I know some persons may not necessarily be comfortable in going to the facilities at this time. However, we will be coming to you. We will be doing our community outreach in addition to our home visits as well to ensure that the children are covered and they do have all of the required vaccines necessary. Media discussions have been scheduled and vaccination leaflets and public service announcements will be disseminated, all conveying the significance of immunization. For the government information service, I am Jesse Lyons reporting.