 The Government of Taiwan continues to support St. Lucia in its efforts to combat the spread of COVID-19. Hermadi Mark tells us more. The Government of Taiwan continues to support efforts of controlling the spread of COVID-19 in St. Lucia. Their recent contribution is the donation of 14,500 COVID-19 antigen rapid tests. The donation was presented to the Government of St. Lucia by His Excellency Peter Chen. The Taiwanese Ambassador to St. Lucia expressed pleasure on behalf of the Government of Taiwan to continue to assist in strengthening St. Lucia's defenses against the pandemic. I'm also proud to announce that these rapid test kits were donated by a Taiwanese biotech company, ThaiDoc Technology Corporation. And these high-performance test kits were developed in collaboration with the top Taiwanese research institution, Academia Seneca. Just as President Tsai Ing-wen said, 2020 was a difficult year for so many around the world. But I'm honored that Taiwan could lend a hand in ways big and small. The Minister for Health, Senator Hon. Mary Azak says she's grateful to the Government of Taiwan for their continued support, especially in the fight against and the control of the coronavirus. As you have heard, we have the second strain here in St. Lucia, and we have to be even more vigilant than we were before. We have already opened up so that other healthcare facilities can come on board and assist us in this fight. And I believe that these test kits will go a long way in assisting the entire country to speed up the process in terms of testing for us to come up with faster results, to know quicker who is positive, so that we can then isolate people, put people in quarantine, and hopefully get this COVID-19 back under control. While reflecting on and expressing appreciation for Taiwan's continuous contributions to St. Lucia, the Prime Minister Hon. Alan Chastney says Taiwan has shown by example of what they've done in their country that COVID-19 can be defeated. We made an appeal to the citizens of St. Lucia to protect the vulnerable people in our society. If you're not going to do it for anyone else, keep a picture of somebody you love in your mind. And when you think it's a bit difficult to put your face mask on, do it. When you think it's over burdensome to wash your hands, do it. When you want to hug and kiss somebody, stay away and practice the social distancing. These are the sacrifices that we have to make. We must go through some pain to get some gain. So again, I want to remind everyone, we are in a war, a war that requires all of us to participate. And again, I want to thank the government and the people of Taiwan, in particular President Tsai, for her continued unwavering support to the development of our country. The Prime Minister highlights the rapid test kits will be incorporated, with the PCR tests currently being done on island, in the best way to build a stronger defence against the COVID-19 virus. From the Government Information Service, Helmeti Mark reporting.