 The island's chief medical officer has informed that St. Lucia, like the rest of the world, is working diligently to access the safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine. On July 10, 2020, St. Lucia signed onto the Covax facility, which ensures fair and equitable access to the vaccine by all the participating countries. The first vaccine supply should be available by March 2021. The Ministry of Health and Wellness has organized a COVID-19 immunization committee, which is planning the rollout of the vaccine in country and is being done with the support of the Pan-American Health Organization. This plan, which entails a health education and communication module, scheduled to commence in January 2021 ahead of the introduction of the vaccine. This aspect is important to ensure our population has access to accurate scientific information on the new vaccine to facilitate informed decisions in relation to its use for them and their family. Initial information suggests that at least 65 to 70 percent of the population would need to be vaccinated to achieve what is termed herd immunity, which is the level of resistance that is required across our population. We intend to monitor closely the use of the vaccine in the developed countries, commenting this month to gain some insights of factors which support its rollout, barriers and any key lessons learned which can be applied to our country. The national COVID-19 vaccine plan will also indicate the priority target groups to be focused on when the vaccine is introduced, as well as the country policy on the dissemination of the vaccine into the wider community, the policy on availability costs and the conditions for uptake. The CMO says the Ministry of Health will ensure full stakeholder participation in anticipation of broad-level discussion for achieving the effective introduction of this new vaccine into the country.