 We've been getting words, seeing some stuff on social media, and so fortunate to have you on air to give some explanation with respect to it. All part of efforts to increase security at the quarantine facility in Rodney Bay. Can you just speak to those developments at that facility? Yes, as the public is aware, I think from February-March, our first quarantine site was actually the Rodney Bay Public Health Facility where persons with, persons coming in, especially persons from high-risk areas, someone who may or may not have been in contact with COVID-positive patients are held. And it is a situation that we have been monitoring. So the security team at the Rodney Bay Public Health Facility, that is the quarantine site, they continuously notified us of breaches and security at this location due to the open beach access. I think earlier on you may have heard reports of persons coming, trying to come through the beach to visit persons who were there. And this has led to us increasing the number of people in quarantine because we have had to quarantine persons who come, try to sneak in when we do find out. So in an effort to preserve health and safety of the general public and to reduce any possible direct contact between persons in quarantine and the general public, the request was made to strengthen the security measures at that location. I must also add that previously a number of other measures were put in place, including increasing the security personnel manning that area and also the use of cameras. These measures have not been as successful as we would like. And as you would imagine, once we note that there was some level of direct contact, we now had to take those persons in and increase the tracing. So this has been a bit of an issue for us. And the Ministry of Health be committed to ensuring the health and safety of everyone. And I think it's important that the public stay focused on what we're trying to do, trying to reduce transmission we're trying to contain and keep a disease in low levels. So as we move forward, it is one of the things that we really wanted to ensure that we can to reduce persons coming into the facilities through the beach and also to reduce the possibility of our quarantine persons leaving. Because as you, I don't know if you're aware of how this hotel is structured. A lot of the rooms are directly with very close proximity to the beach. So we're trying to reduce this possibility as much as possible. Okay. Thank you very much for that update. If you could just issue an appeal more specifically to the general public at this time for just calm heads to prevail as the Government of St. Lucia and by extension the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health and Wellness sorry, seeks to keep the population safe at this time, especially those in quarantine. Yes, I think it is really important. I have to applaud the general public that they've worked in collaboration with the Ministry of Health very well so far. And I think a big part of where we are is from the support of the general public. I also want us, we need to keep focus as to what we are trying to do. We are trying to keep the public safe from COVID-19. We've seen the international news and we've seen the effect that breaches summer such as that can cause on the public. So I'm asking the public to be patient with us for some of the measures may not be as convenient. A lot of our protocols are not as convenient. But as the WHO actually the power director indicated just a few days ago her assessment was very close to what we have been saying that COVID-19 is here for a while and it brings certain inconveniences to at every single level. Life is not going to be the same. So we need to look at it. We also need to balance it. There are some things, total luxuries that we may not have, but we need to keep the focus, preserving lives, keeping our populations healthy. So I would really like the public to continue working with us. Some of the measures may not be very convenient, but health and safety, the Ministry of Health be committed to working to ensure and to strengthen that. Okay. I don't mean to zone in too much on one particular security measure that has been taken, but just to go back to the erecting of the fencing going into the water, there was a query as to why the fencing was not done around the hotel perimeter instead of going straight into the water. Can you give an explanation to that perhaps? This was left to the security team as to how it was done. I know there were a number of options were looked at. I know it was a difficulty and I know a costing was done to try to see how they could have done the entire funds and I think it would have caused some extra delays. So I'm not I'm not experienced in security and engineering. So this was left to the technical persons as to how the strengthening was done. But I think we need to focus on what we're trying to do. We're trying to keep our people safe. We're trying to reduce the spread of a disease that is infectious. And I leave it to the experts to determine how this is done. Okay. Just another question in terms of the quarantine. If you could just give us an update. Well, we've been receiving updates in general from you with respect to the quarantine facility but also home quarantining. We've been getting a lot of queries as to how that can be done. Can you give us a status update on how the extent of permission that has been given so far? Yes. As we go into the month of July, for the last few months our priority has been institutional quarantine as it is easier for us to monitor and manage persons there. However, for our quarantine protocol, we have certain exceptions that we have had to make. For example, there are certain persons their health condition would not allow them to stay alone in a room where they need a level of direct monitoring by a caregiver. So that is one of the cases. We've had persons with different levels of disabilities. We have had cases of persons with certain mental health issues. We also had cases where a certain death of a close family member and they can't stay alone because of their condition. So there are a number of exceptions that we have had to make. I don't have the exact number here but our protocol clearly indicates who we grant home quarantine and in all of those measures they must have conditions to facilitate it safely. That is a room and a bathroom that's completely away from the rest of the house. So we remain our gold standard for quarantine is institutional quarantine which we keep during the month of July. Persons with special conditions, they usually email with their request. Some people send in their physician's note or they send an email indicating the consideration and a special form is sent to them to fill out where we decide whether or not it's granted. But our gold standard for quarantine remains institutional quarantine except in conditions where for humanitarian and other reasons where we facilitate it out of the institutional quarantine. So we will continue although in July we anticipate we continue repatriating our national from various areas. So we are hoping that we can continue and manage it as started. Okay there are quite a few email addresses and contact numbers coming from the Ministry of Health. Can you give an email address or perhaps a contact number that individuals who are interested in applying for home quarantine can call or email? Yes the email address is cmohealth.gov.lc. Okay thank you very much for that update. Any more updates or information that are pertinent to the public at this time? Yes we will be updating because we've received some more negative results for our our total testing numbers will go up. I didn't walk in the exact numbers right now. So we will be giving that update as well. At this point practically everywhere is open. I think the only exceptions are cinemas and big mass crowd activities. I think all other activities to this point. So I just want to appeal to the public that although we do not have any active COVID-19 cases in country as we've opened up as we will be opening up the borders our risks of transmission will be increasing. So it is important that we maintain the protocols for accessing stores and other areas. This will allow that if we have any positive cases coming in. If we adhere to the various physical distancing, use of your mask, the regular hand washing, even though a case were to come in the transmission would be very low. So this is our main reason for keeping the protocols and like I indicated Dr Etienne through PAHO made it clear that it looks like we'll be in this situation for another two years. So it's something that we need to to get used to. We need to keep our guard up if we are to to keep our our levels low. Okay thank you very much for that update Dr Sharon DeMar George. A commendations to you as well as the Operations Command Center for a job well done in looking out for the health and wellness of the population. Thank you very much.