 Welcome to NTN Nightly. I am General Norvel. This edition stops stories. Government will repatriate more than 200 inclusions employed on cruise ships. Health officials are encouraged by an increased number of persons accessing the respiratory clinics and critical equipment in the fight against COVID-19 arrive on island. Weeks of diplomatic efforts and pulling of resources has resulted in 219 nationals being repatriated to St. Lucia on Friday, May 8, 2020. The nationals are employees of Carnival Glory and Caribbean Princess cruise ships who over the past month have been desirous of returning home due to industry challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. 207 will arrive on Carnival Glory and 12 aboard Caribbean Princess. Observing the national health and safety protocols outlined for the management of the COVID-19 response and being satisfied that adequate preparations have been made with the cruise line, Carnival Corporation and the nationals aboard prior to arrival, the Department of Health and Wellness has granted permission for both Carnival Glory and Caribbean Princess to dock at podcast trees, but the disembarkation process will be overseen by port health authorities. Public access to the port of entry will be suspended during this operation and will be managed by the Royal St. Lucia Police Force. All frontline personnel at podcast trees will facilitate arrivals wearing necessary PPEs. It is mandatory that their 219 returning nationals arrive wearing face masks. They will be immediately transported to a government operated quarantine facility or they will be housed for a period of 14 days. The returning nationals will also be tested for COVID-19 during the quarantine period. The Ministry of Health and Wellness says it is encouraged by the increased number of nationals accessing care at respiratory clinics amid COVID-19. Health officials believe that this is a clear indication that St. Lucia's are hitting advice on the pandemic. The five respiratory clinics which have been established island wide allow for the early identification, testing, isolation and treatment of cases of COVID-19. Of the 18 confirmed cases which St. Lucia recorded, 12 of them have been captured through the community respiratory clinics. On May 5, 2020, the Ministry of Health received the results of 33 tests conducted of persons who had presented at the facilities and community testing for COVID-19. Chief Medical Officer Dr Sharon Belmar George. All of these 33 samples tested negative for COVID-19. To date a total of 475 tests have been conducted nationally and of these 18 persons have tested positive. Of these confirmed cases, 15 are fully recovered and have reintegrated into their communities and three are active cases currently in hospital care. These three cases are all stable and are responding well to care from the clinical team. Dr. Belmar George says the ministry and its various departments engage in implementation of the health sector's response is on high alert as COVID-19 continues to be a public health threat. It is our awareness of this that drives us to continue to work intensively in implementing all of the core components of our health sector response including screening, testing, contact tracing, health education and clinical care. We recognize the efforts of a wide cross section of the population in adopting the recommended infection prevention and control measures and taking the necessary precautions when going out into the public. We note that many cases of COVID-19 are mild so we continue to recommend that anyone with respiratory signs and symptoms should refrain from going into public places. We continue to request that every individual practice the standard recommendations to prevent the spread of infection. Chief Medical Officer Dr Sharon Belmar George and health officials continue to urge members of the public exhibiting flu-like symptoms to seek care at any of the respiratory clinics across the island. Assistant Principal Nursing Officer Tecla Jabatis explained that the clinics have been instrumental in capturing COVID-19 cases thus far. 12 of the 18 confirmed cases were captured through our community respiratory clinics. They continue to function well receiving a number of persons who present with flu-like symptoms on a daily basis. We continue to encourage persons with flu-like symptoms to access care at those clinics rather than the routine clinics so that all the necessary procedures can be performed. Symptoms generally include a history of fever, mild cough, sore throat or other flu-like symptoms. The processes at the respiratory clinics include being triaged by a nurse that is checking vital signs which includes your respiratory rate, temperature etc. Once triaged the individual will be assessed by a physician who will determine whether he or she meets the criteria for testing for COVID-19. It must be noted that only patients who are symptomatic will be tested based on clinical assessment. Medical Director of Victoria Hospital and Owen King European Union Hospital Dr. Alicia Eugene Ford explained that common symptoms in positive cases of COVID-19 include runny nose, sore throat, cough, shortness of breath and loss of sensational abilities where individuals are no longer able to smell or taste like before. Dr. Eugene Ford indicated that individuals experiencing respiratory symptoms can also go to the Victoria Hospital where they will be assessed and administered care. While you are at VH, you're just not sitting there because you can come with a comorbidity. We cannot let you sit at the Victoria Hospital waiting for swab results and not treat you for your other ailments. So you have physicians and you have the students necessary to keep you treated for your other ailments with the proper protective gear while we're waiting for your lab results. If we realize your results come back negative, we will not keep you at Victoria Hospital. If we know you need to be hospitalized, we will safely transfer you via Red Cross from Victoria Hospital to OKUH because we know for sure you don't have COVID-19. So we continue treating you there for your other comorbidities because we know you don't have COVID-19. If you do have COVID-19, you need to stay back at Victoria Hospital while we continue treating you for your ailments, whatever illness you have. Taking consideration that COVID-19 is very much on the forefront, we need to treat you for that as well. Medical Director of Victoria Hospital and Owen King European Union Hospital, Dr. Alicia Eugene Ford. Minister for Education, Innovation, Generations and Sustainable Development and Parliamentary Representative for Mico North, Dr. Gil Rigabet has made a passionate appeal for constituents to adhere to the protocols established for COVID-19. The appeal comes amid concern that communities on the east coast of the island are highly vulnerable to community spread. We are doing everything we can to contain transmission and to ensure that our community is once again COVID-19-free. That therefore means we must adhere to and we must observe the protocols as advised by the Ministry of Health. We are as far as is feasible to remain at home, to stay at home. If you must go out, please wear a mask. Remember to wash your hands frequently. Use hand sanitizer. Keep your living areas very very clean. I beg of you to practice social distancing when you go to the community shops, the post office, the credit union or any other public place as a matter of fact. We are doing this to save lives, to save your lives, to save our lives, the lives of our loved ones and the lives of our neighbors. Please let us do the right thing for the sake of us all. That was Dr. Gayle Rigabet. St. Lucia's fight against COVID-19 will be boosted following the donation of test kits from the Cayman Islands. Mind this report from Fennell Neptune. Representatives from the Ezra Long Laboratory of the Owen King EU Hospital will present to receive the generous a gift of test kits from the government of the Cayman Islands which will provide greater capacity to test for COVID-19. Director of the Ezra Long Lab Dr. Win Felicia expressed gratitude for the contribution and also highlighted the support the government of St. Lucia provided to the Cayman Islands. Late last week we received communication from the Cayman Islands that the testing capabilities were affected by the lack of pipettes which is integral in the extraction process for testing for COVID-19. We having pipettes in excess at the moment were able to offer them about free boxes of it. In exchange they reached out to us and were so grateful that they decided to donate to us 50 test kits which gave us a couple of capabilities to do 5,000 tests. Dr. Felicia also expressed hope the test kits will strengthen St. Lucia's capability to expand testing in the communities. Well it actually doubles our existing capabilities to test prior to that we had about 7,280 tests available and with that it's gone up to about almost 15,000 so that gives us greater capacity to do a mass testing which is something that the Epidemiological Department and Ministry of Health have been trying to task us with. The Ministry of Health and Wellness appeals to St. Lucia's who are feeling unwell with symptoms of a dry cough, fever, sore throat and shortness of breath to visit any of the five respiratory clinics island wide. St. Lucia has recorded a total of 18 cases of COVID-19, 15 of whom have recovered and three in hospital care. Reporting from the communications unit of the Ministry of Health and Wellness, I am Felicia Neptune. St. Lucia has received another donation of critical equipment for the war against COVID-19, Health Anicia Antoine. The government of St. Lucia commenced the handing over of 1,650 face shields to improve the safety of the police and fire officers on the frontline of the war against COVID-19. The face shields were procured from events that limited a Florida based company which has been operating in St. Lucia since 2008. The director of events that limited St. Lucia, Daniel Belize presented their donation. Early on in April, events that structures in Doral reached out to the government of St. Lucia and asked what sort of assistance that they would need and we had today now to present the first batch of face shields for protective services. So far, as Jesse has indicated, we have donated over 10,000 in the Doral, Davie, Broad, Dade counties in Florida and since our inception in St. Lucia in 2008, we thought it was best that we also donated to St. Lucia as well. So this is a simple handover ceremony here this morning and I'm hoping that the protective services use these protective shields as they are designed, they are for their protection. The Minister for Home Affairs and National Security, Senator Honourable Human Guild Francis, expressed gratitude to events that are limited for their contribution towards the safety of the frontline workers. Senator Francis noted that each officer will receive their own face shield. The total cost of those shields costs 35,000 EC. We are going to be getting 1,650 of those shields. Presently, we have 900 on island and we expect to get the thousand, sorry, we're supposed to get the other 900 shields on Wednesday, the 6th of May. These shields are going to be used by the protective services. So the police, the fire and the Border Lake correctional facility. I'm particularly pleased to donate this face mask to the fire department because they are the ones that actually go and pick up those persons who were suspected of being infected with COVID-19. So they are really the first respondent, they are the closest to those individuals and I think it's important that they be protected. Acting Commissioner Police Milton Daisy noted that the donation of face protective shields will go a long way in assisting the police force in performing its duties during the COVID-19 pandemic. We have our team which we call an extraction team dedicated to getting persons who we believe have come in illegally or who have escaped quarantine. Those persons are taken back into quarantine. Now you will appreciate that it is a very dangerous task and the officers, I must commend them as I've been doing for being so dedicated to doing this. The Prime Minister of St. Lucia, Hon. Alan Sharsney, who was present at the handing over ceremony, made an appeal to the public to practice precautionary measures as the COVID-19 pandemic is still active. COVID is not over. COVID is still very much alive and we saw recently that we had an additional case here in St. Lucia and for the first time in a long time the person actually had not been previously identified and was not in quarantine. So the risk is still there and while we have taken off of some of the more strenuous protocols, everyone is still continuing to ask to practice social distancing and to be safe when they go out. The handing over ceremony of the face protective shields took place on Tuesday, May 5th, 2020 at the Government Information Service Studios. From the Government Information Service, I am Anicia Andouan reporting. This is Antia Knightley, up next, Primers Hutchinson with the Antia Nuffel. Coronavirus? I am worried Gaza is only old people dying from that. Hold up. Being young does not mean being safe. Yes, it's true that the elderly are at higher risk but anyone can get the virus. The effect is even worse if you have a chronic condition like hypertension, heart disease, lung disease and diabetes or weakness in your immune system. If you are living with these conditions, be extra careful. Wash your hands with soap and water. Use hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol when hand washing is not possible. Avoid touching your face. Take steps to boost your immunity through proper nutrition, exercise, rest and take your medication as prescribed. Limit being around people who have through symptoms, even close family members. Our health is in our hands. Together through simple actions, we can stop the spread of Coronavirus. This message was brought to you by the Bureau of Health Education of the Ministry of Health and Wellness. Welcome back. We join Prime Minister Hutchinson for the Antia Nuffel, a quay all. Whether or not you are caught in a chain commitment, the way that all marchers who are by legislation, who can control the prix that you suppose even, serve you excellent. Officially, the information department, Madam Melissa Williams-Devay, explained that the new legislation that is in place to control the prix that is set at tick and marchers who are gone, he mentioned sick, dewy, far in France, timmy, conflicts, oats, let, sepiti, tin, ton, et con biff. C'est parmi marchers qui a bas contrôle la gestation prix, you suppose even. Madam Melissa-Devay, fait un appel pour ces places business qui avan c'est à tick et salat, pour faire assurer qu'ils se suivent ces weds-là qui a place à bas lois paye, et aussi qu'ils associe place business-là pour faire assurer ces marchers-là bien exposés et visibles pour les pas vendre ces marchers-là en repouille. Madam Melissa-Devay, fait ces places business-là pour pas acheter marchers-là en roue la misie et faire et échanger qui, pour obéir, puis qui, la gestation paye, j'ai établi pour vendre ces marchers-là. Officier de l'information, car aussi, faire c'est mettre business-là, qu'est-ce qu'acheter pour lui, leur pays, pour faire assurer qu'il va commencer vendre le pièce pour lui, qui a bas la gestation pour lui, il y a ce foyer pour lui, l'information, et le document pour le département des affaires et les consommateurs, qui a montré toutes ces prix pour ces marchers-là, vendre, et aussi pour lui, tout le vice-ci aussi posé available pour ses officiers et des départements des affaires et les consommateurs, d'y voir accesser salar. C'est la madame Devay, gouvernement Jacka, a considéré pour plus fort des marches pour protéger les consommateurs paye-là. Des vidéos aussi, gouvernement n'y commit pas en plein pour protéger les consommateurs principalement. Abamé Nass, Mala de Corona. Officier de l'information dit aussi, à pas des actions pour veiller pour contrôler des prix marchandises, il y a aussi qu'à considérer pour établir législation pour place business, qui car aussi, puis s'engit du département. Directement, qu'à faire appell pour place business, pour agir à façon qui honnête et qu'est-ce que ça peut protéger le consommateur hosement pour marchandise, exchange c'était marchandise, pour patcher, c'était marchandise dehors, qu'on tourne pour espérer la néant réduction, pour y commencer aussi pour marchandise le département dit, je vais aussi pour ça. Les agences sontées un peu hier, qui a continué pour couler à ce public-là pour observer ex-web, qui a gové de moulir yonka pour comporter qu'aui, court Mala de Corona. They will discuss you also, NtN, the second chef de sa telephone, Madame Cheryl Centroméin, déclare qu'il a scosabilité à assouler au qu'on y a de pas de marchandise, pour continue, pour écouager public-là, pour sweep tout ce web qui est nécessaire pour protéger court Mala de Corona. Centroméin ajoute qu'il ne s'est pas parce qu'il n'y a pas qu'à questionner souvent qu'on a avant, pour qu'il quitte toute bagaille en ordre et que pour les officiers laisser assaut ses conseils salaires. C'est seulement nous ça, et nous n'y pourriez pas faire ensemble, nous ne passons pas à faire ça par yon à l'autre. Ministres ne passent pas à faire les parcoils, médias ne passent pas à faire les parcoils par ménage d'information, nous as a a country, simplicity, that's right, nous n'y pour faire ça ensemble, si nous n'y pour combattre les mines ça. Madame Centroméin, qu'est-ce qui c'est? Pardon, ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to present you with a presentation on this issue. As it was recorded, I will now present it to you as a clinicalा, which we have been talking about for quite a while. This clinical also would like to see the progress of the latest clinical testing results and further research, which has been done and the progress of I want to say thank you to the people of Copacabana who have always made me happy because of COVID-19. I want to continue to follow the rules that are in place, for example, not only in public places, but also in public services such as services to sanitizers, such as mass suffrage and Equestria, and the way that people die from COVID-19. That's all I want to say. I want to say thank you to the people of Copacabana who have always made me happy because of COVID-19. I want to say thank you to the people of Copacabana who have always made me happy because of COVID-19. That's all I want to say.