 Welcome to Antion Nightly, I'm Hermione Mark, this edition's top stories. Saint Lucians are urged to enjoy the Easter celebration safely by adhering to COVID-19 protocols. The first shipment of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine from the Covax facility to arrive here by next week. And the Government of Taiwan donates more PPEs to frontliners. The celebration of Easter this year is scaled down, like many other events and activities the world over due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Government of Saint Lucians on the advice of the Chief Medical Officer announced adjustments to the curfew hours in order to limit movement and ultimately the spread of the coronavirus. CMO Dr. Sharon Belmont George says despite the difficulties in the past year, we must remain focused on what is truly important – health, family and life. The public has reminded that although the Ministry of Health notes the flattening of this third wave, we still have over 100 active cases in country. We would like to alert the public that mass crowd activities and open socialization is not recommended nor approved at this time in our management of the pandemic. We are still at high risk at this point. The public health team is working to reduce the cases to less than 50 to enable safe opening up of activities. We ask the public to work with us and continue to be patient. The premature social activity will lead to an upsurge of cases given the exponential transmission typical of this virus. As such, everyone is reminded that we need to continue adhering to the infection prevention and control measures that are proven to reduce transmission of the COVID-19 virus and keep us safe. While the CMO notes that Easter is traditionally a time for family activities and socialization, she is urging St. Lucien to make responsible decisions to keep safe. We ask the public to celebrate the long weekend responsibly. Avoid excessive alcohol consumption. Avoid driving under the influence. Drive within the speed limits and manage conflicts safely, especially since we note the increases in violent crime over the last few days. If accessing the beach, do so with caution and monitor young children closely. The Easter weekend is noted for drownings and near-drowning events. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sharon Belmar George Main time, the Royal St. Lucia Police Force is reminding the public of their protocols for the Easter weekend. During an update on NTN, Superintendent of Police Dr. Mashama Silly informed that mass crowds or large gatherings are not allowed. Family gatherings are allowed but are limited to 10 family members of the same household. River limes and beach limes are not allowed. And so we are seeking the cooperation also of all bar owners to comply with the grab-and-go protocol. Our protocols were put in place for our safety and we cannot do this alone. We are all negatively impacted by the few who refuse to comply. We must remember that this is a highly contagious disease and so we solicit the cooperation of everyone. For the Easter weekend, kindly be reminded that the curfew hours are as follows. Sunday 1st April to Friday 2nd April from 7pm to 4am. Saturday 3rd April 2021 from 6pm to 4am. Sunday 4th April to Monday 5th April the curfew hours are 3pm to 4am. Commissioner of Police Milton Daisy has cautioned the public against breaching the protocols. Commissioner Daisy says the FOSS has pulled its resources to strengthen its numbers for the weekend. We are urging persons to be considerate, do not venture into activities that are not approved. You know what activities that you are permitted to do. If it was red, you could have a house, a house gathering with at least 10 persons being family members. So that is all the patting that is permitted. We see in other islands their protocols. We have some islands that the beaches are closed over the weekend. We see some that have a total two-day shutdown but we do not have that. Persons are still free to move around but there are certain activities that persons have to desist from participating in or hosting. There are some flyers going around about a breakfast party and so on. These things will not be permitted so of the but don't try it. It will not be permitted to happen. We, our intel have received information as to where these things will be taking place so we will take the necessary action to ensure that these things don't go ahead. Commissioner of Police Milton Daisy. St. Lucia expects the first shipment of 24,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine from the COVAX facility between April 5th and 6th 2021. These doses will be used to commence Phase 2 of the national vaccination campaign. The ministry will also administer the second doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine to individuals who were inoculated in Phase 1. Assistant Principal Nursing Officer and Immunization Manager Tekla Shabatis says the ministry has adjusted the date for administering the second doses due to advice from the World Health Organization. Initially, St. Lucia had decided on a six-week interval for receiving the second vaccine dose. However, the World Health Organization, in its last release on March 16th 2021, noted that a wider second dose interval of 8 to 12 weeks is recommended. This revision was done as it has been proven that this wider window increases the effectiveness of the vaccine as it provides increased protection from the virus to individuals who are vaccinated within this updated schedule. Considering this update, the Ministry of Health took the decision to reschedule the second dose appointment to 8 weeks for people who were initially given the six-week appointment after the first dose. The Ministry of Health will be informing these individuals of the new date of the second COVID-19 vaccine dose by way of a phone call or through the management of their organizations. Like any other vaccine or medication, there are common side effects associated with these products, which some people may experience. For the COVID-19 vaccine, these side effects are generally mild to moderate. When they do occur, they tend to last about 24 to 48 hours after receiving the vaccine. Common reported side effects include tenderness, pain, warmth and or swelling at the injection site, fever, chills, fatigue, headache, nausea, muscle ache and body pains. There have been few reports of rash, itching, dizziness, sweating and abdominal pains. The Ministry of Health is encouraging people who experience side effects associated with the vaccine to report this to the healthcare provider. This is part of the monitoring and evaluation process of the COVID-19 vaccination program. To date, there is no evidence of death caused by the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine globally, not in St. Lucia by the Ministry of Health. The vaccine has been manufactured in keeping with the strictest safety requirements from the stage of manufacturing to the administering of the vaccine to individuals and the monitoring which follows vaccination. The COVID-19 vaccine is safe, it is free and is being made accessible to all over the age of 18 years. Assistant Principal Nursing Officer and Immunization Manager, Tecla Jabaptis. It was a joyous and momentous occasion for the ONKU Hospital and the respiratory hospital VH as they celebrated their first-year anniversary since transitioning. Mind this report from Funnel Neptune. The ONKU Hospital and the Victoria Hospital VH recently held appreciation ceremonies to acknowledge the hard work done by the staff during the year since the transition. Minister for Health and Wellness, Senator the Honourable Mary Isaac, recounts the emotional day last year when the Victoria Hospital transitioned into the ONKU Hospital. Doctors and nurses, firemen and women, police and all hospital workers well-coordinated got on the move and stayed on task till the end. With the departure of each ambulance load, staff waited with bated breath, praying for a safe delivery to the other hospital and return for more patients. At the end of it all, it can be written in our history that the move was well-coordinated, flawless and a great success. Prime Minister of St. Lucia, the Honourable Alan Sharsney, expressed heartfelt gratitude to the hard-working staff of the two institutions for remaining committed despite the challenges they continue to be faced with. What you were trying to do was impossible. Every single day coming to work and recognizing that what was needed and what you had was far away. But yet, you came to work and yet, the persons who were here, the patients, never knew what you were having to go through behind the scenes. That is what gave me strength. Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Benson Emel says, although it is a time to celebrate, it is also a time to focus on the next phase as it relates to the growth of the institutions. But we can come here today to celebrate our survival and we can come here to commit to framing and developing, informing this institution and the respiratory institution, to bring it and escalate it to the highest standard, one that is delivering care and looking after the well-being of St. Lucia. The first anniversary celebrations were held under the theme, transition we have, continued with health and safety will. Reporting from the Communications Unit of the Ministry of Health and Wellness, I am Phenoleptu. Mr. Tan, his Excellency Peter Chen, presents at the supplies to the Department of Health and Wellness during a small handing over ceremony. I am handing over 1,000 protective suits, 5,000 barrier guns and 100,000 surgical masks to help citizens in Fair Helen better protect themselves and continue her fight against the pandemic. The supplies were received by the Minister with Responsibility for Health, Senator Hon. Mary Isaac. She expressed deep gratitude to the Taiwanese government for making the shipment and logistics possible. The permanent secretary in the Department of Health and Wellness, Benson Emile, says St. Lucia and Taiwan has a long-standing relationship and their support to the development of the country is reflected in the development of the country. This has been reflected across various sectors. Emile says the government of Taiwan has proven to be a partner in the delivery of healthcare in St. Lucia. The proceeds of the St. Lucia Tourism Authority's UK Gala and Charity Auction event in 2019 have been donated to the Boys Training Center, BTC. The total sum, $26,000 and $34.41, was presented to the Juvenile Rehabilitation Center on 1 April 2021. Dureen George is the SLTA Public Relations Manager. The Boys Training Center particularly was chosen. We're neighbors, if I should say that. Our offices are in close proximity and we value the work that the Boys Training Center does, especially with the young men, in rehabilitating them. And so annually the St. Lucia Tourism Authority seeks out a charity that it can work within that regard and we really want to thank our travel and tourism partners who donated to this cause. BCC Director Juan Sonson accepted the check on behalf of the institution. On behalf of the Boys Training Center, the wards and the staff, I'd like to thank the St. Lucia Tourism Authority for this kind gesture. I'd like to thank them for recognizing the efforts that we put into rehabilitation of the boys who come to the center. It's only fitting that this check is coming from the St. Lucia Tourism Authority because of the fact that our aim is to stay these young men from a life of crime, which inevitably, if we fail, might impact negatively on our tourism product. So on behalf of the boys, I would like the St. Lucia Tourism Authority to know that this donation will go a long way towards the ultimate rehabilitation programs that will benefit and impact the lives of our boys in a positive way. The Boys Training Center provides general residential as well as specialized treatment services for juvenile offenders and juveniles in need of care and protection between the ages of 10 and 18 years old. This is NTN Nightly. Up next, Primus Hutchinson with the NTN novella Quiole. Welcome back. We join Primus Hutchinson for the NTN novella Quiole. To celebrate all the hard work that has been done by the workers in the past year after the operation that was launched in Victoria for the Owen King Hospital, I would like to thank Mary Isaac for his valuable memory of the operation that has been carried out by the Owen King Hospital. Minister Isaac Changer Manier, it was a moment that twisted the doctors, nurses and the police and all the workers who worked so hard to finish the work. Minister Isaac Changer Manier, the workers who worked so hard to help those who were sick in Victoria for the Owen King Hospital, Minister Isaac Changer Manier, it was a moment that twisted the doctors, nurses and the police and all the workers who worked so hard to finish the work. It was a moment that twisted the doctors, nurses and the police and all the workers who were sick in Victoria for the Owen King Hospital. Prime Minister Onwab Allen Chasne also appreciable for all the workers who worked so hard to finish the work and to continue the chain commitment, and for all those who were sick in Victoria for the Owen King Hospital. Prime Minister Chasne declared that if the doctors, nurses and the police had a low appreciation for the work that was done, it would be impossible for the workers to continue to work and to appreciate the people who worked so hard to finish the work and to appreciate the people who worked so hard to finish the work. Prime Minister Onwab Allen Chasne also appreciable for all the workers who worked so hard to finish the work and to appreciate the people who worked so hard to finish the work and to appreciate the people who worked so hard to finish the work. Prime Minister Onwab Allen Chasne also appreciated the work done and I think it was a very important job, So, we are going to go on an improvement for the services here. So, today, we are in the OKU. We can prepare for that. We are in the OKU, but for COVID, we have to do it quickly so that we can have a good victory hospital so that we can put those people who are sick from COVID. So, we had a great celebration last year, we had a victory hospital and then we went to the OKU with the staff that we appreciate, we appreciate the effort. We have a lot of people who are sick, we have a lot of people who are sick. We have a certificate, we have a joint archive from corporate sponsors. We have a lot of corporate sponsors. So, we thank these corporate sponsors who do what they can with their work. We appreciate that. We appreciate the ceremony in Shai. So, I would like to thank everyone who helped us move to the victory hospital and then go to the OKU. We thank everyone who helped us always. We have a lot of people who are sick from COVID. Many institutions who are in the emergency situation because of drug abuse, very concerned, and these young people who are sick, who are engaged in drug abuse. Coordinators who provide advice against drug abuse, Charmin and Hipilly T-Manuel who have made public lessons that the legislation is in place to govern and address the situation. I would like to explain to you that my mother is not supposed to go to school by Monday. Because Monday is not supposed to go to school by Monday. Well, I don't know if it's because of the coffee. Maybe Monday I said, oh, it's not for me, it's because of the coffee. I don't know if it's because of the coffee. But I don't know if it's because of the coffee. I don't know if it's because of the violence involved in human services and police. I don't know if it's because of the women who are involved in the police. So, it's because of women who have practiced the police. Yocay vini pli guan, eva pite tsanu hamuche yo, pite tsemwe kadi, sanu jamuche yo, sesa yocay end up ka, ka vini habitu e pi, ebden nukai kopon kuman ye, empil se bagaila kiki afet oli wono, nukai kopon kuman ye yo kuman se mo, baka di se tut le se bagaila kafet kon sa. Menu nukai kopon lani loa pu suif evet mun ki ni, lisens pu aida retail embe gasaus embe restaurant embe bagail kon sa, pun ni pu puin wesponsabilite, uni pu suif sa yodio pu fe. Mademois Manuel, ka fe publik la kopon ki, lani loa emplas pu goveni tut sa ki ka fet expwesma pu mun ki ki ni kabawe restaurant e klot kon sa. So, nukai kopon lani loa kaji de tut bagail evet nuni pu protekte ichnu nuni pu protekte konu evet mun ki ni, lisens pu, van evet engager a dide em bagail kon sa, pun wesponsabilite usi. Ake msr. mademois, sa si kote noa tua bute novella, makai msr. otin pu ka gade mun ke bawein evet asio, pu jene pi mo ako, si diya ko se ve la vi lengai presa to alot novella ko yol. Ti mun se fete tut mun a bon fet pak, ek se mo e forsef, i ne se se, pu sa obei tut se ko fyo ake plas, pu presa ve la vo, ek la ve la famo wo si, ek ka komo e di, nukai vie jona ko lengai vie presa to alot novella ko yol. Messi appeal primers. That brings us to the end of NTN Nightly. Join us next time at 7pm with a repeat at 7am. You could also catch up with us any time on the Saint-Touchard Government Facebook page or YouTube channel. I'm Humedy Moog.