 Thank you very much Mr Speaker. Good morning to colleagues and everyone else. Mr Speaker, I stand to support the resolution which was moved by the Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Casteries East. Building capacity and resilience in the health sector to respond to the coronavirus 2019 project. Mr Speaker, the loan amounts to approximately 14 million EC dollars. And I want to spend a few moments just to explain to honourable members and to the people of Saint Lucia why it's important to continue to invest in processes, facilities, equipment and so on to fight COVID-19 even though many people think that COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic is over. We continue to have a number of COVID-19 cases in Saint Lucia. Just recently Mr Speaker, you heard of the emergence of the sub variant on our shores and therefore it's very, very important not only for COVID-19 but also as we prepare to usher in a new era of universal health coverage that we prepare our health system. The COVID-19 pandemic revealed deficiencies in the capacity of the country to respond to health sector related challenges. We knew of many problems in the health sector but COVID-19 forced us to take a second and a third look and to take a serious look at our health sector to ensure that we do much better in the future. Health care facilities including dental clinics Mr Speaker continue to be on the serious pressure over burden and require resources. There is an urgent need to upgrade the system to strategically position the country to respond to present and emerging challenges as the PM said Mr Speaker. We want to ensure as a government that we take on the responsibility of identifying and responding to the drivers of transmission, COVID-19 transmission and to manage the post COVID-19 transition era. Also Mr Speaker this funding will assist the government of Senusha to ensure that we position the system to meet our current needs and to face future challenges. This funding also Mr Speaker will entail the replacement of non-functional ambulances and other non-functional equipment which will enhance the availability of the services allowing persons who are affected by COVID-19 and other conditions to receive the necessary care with urgency and efficiency. Mr Speaker the loan financing will also ensure the facilities are fit for purpose equipped with modern equipment, infection prevention control protocols as the PM said. We are working on processes which will continue to integrate the COVID-19 prevention measures throughout the health care system at our health centers and so on. It will also help to boost the national lab with equipment with personnel. It will assist us to do more dental outreach so we are hoping Mr Speaker to purchase a mobile dental unit which will move around the length and breadth of Senusha to assist. It will also provide support to the grocery poly clinic, the dental unit and the lacklary dental unit to assist with meeting COVID-19 operational standards and general guidelines. This funding very importantly Mr Speaker will help our psychosocial program and also psychological support and PM mentioned the fact that COVID-19 impacted us not just with unfortunate deaths and tragedy and so on but also the country we are still going through a lot of psychological impacts of COVID-19 which we must deal with. It will also help with some much needed financing for the respiratory hospital. This will include improvements to the plumbing, the hot water system, the laundry area, drainage for the kitchen, the laundry area and maintenance works to the radiology department among other things. We are preparing to launch our urban poly clinic at the Victoria Hospital site and all of these improvements will clearly assist. So Mr Speaker, we are here to pay the money, $14 million for COVID-19. As Mr Speaker, we are doing this because of COVID-19. But because of COVID-19, because of the effect of COVID-19, we are still doing this because of COVID-19. We are working with the health system, because of the difficulty of the health system, with COVID-19. We have to take care that system. And therefore, we must eat quickly, because of the pandemic pandemic. servis no kakwe urban polyclinic no kai mene se servis takia kastuia a di a victoria l'hôpital ewek ade l'hôpital a millennium heights medical complex kai servis kos a no nipu wongei usi nunia lot pandemic covid ewek pu fe system sati nupri solini kos a mi sespika makasipote premier minisla milion dola isi la genu pu fe tutsi epovmansala a system satia mesi mi sespika