 Coming to you from our GIS Studios, I am Anicia Antoine and this is your Midday News Brief. To achieve the strategic health outcome set by Prime Minister the Honourable Alan Shastney, the Department of Health and Wellness is pursuing the design and implementation of a national health insurance to ensure that every child gets their full vaccines, increase effectiveness of the prevention of NCDs, increase the attack on mosquito-borne diseases, and strengthen the quality of primary wellness centres and medical centres. The Department will also implement a quality assurance framework in the health sector. Saint Lucia will ban the importation of foam and plastic food service containers as of June 1, 2019. This was announced by the Minister for Education, Innovation, Gender Relations, and Sustainable Development Honourable Dr Gail Rigabet during the debates on the appropriation bill, 2019-2020. In the first instance, the government will be phasing out the importation of all styrofoam food service containers, including cups, plates, and hinged takeaway containers, and other selected plastic cups, plates, and containers. Thereafter, a ban on the use of these products will become effective immediately on June 1, 2020. The Minister cited research that shows that these food service containers negatively affect our health and environment. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently made a donation of medical equipment and supplies to the Victoria Hospital. The medical equipment is expected to assist physicians in taking better care of their patients. Executive Director of the Victoria Hospital, Brenda Kalext, expressed appreciation to the Church for their generous contribution, which will play an integral part in providing care to Saint Lucia. The donation of medical supplies and equipment included manual and motorised trolleys, vital sign monitors, patient monitors, ECG machines, bed sheets, and waiting chairs. This has been your media news brief. Thank you for watching.