 St. Lucia's chief medical officer has cautioned against relaxed attitudes towards the COVID-19 protocols as the nation registers decreases in new cases of the coronavirus. The caution comes as several countries around the world are experiencing increase in COVID cases. On a global level, the new cases of COVID-19 have increased for the eighth consecutive week, with more than 5.2 million new cases reported in the last week. An 8% increase in deaths was also noted last week. The countries reporting the highest number of new cases include India, United States of America, Brazil, Turkey and France. On a regional level, Martinick registered 871 new cases in the last week, with three different variants circulating. Dr. Sharon Belmar George says this resurgence in the last four months is driven by the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and inconsistent use of public health and social measures. While the Ministry of Health continues the COVID-19 vaccination process on a daily basis across the island, the CMO is urging the public to continue practicing prevention measures. The Ministry of Health, we thank the public for their cooperation in adhering to the measures to reduce COVID-19 transmission as we manage our third wave. The Ministry of Health, we continue to monitor the global and regional situation and to strengthen protocols to ensure evidence-based measures are used to guide the recommendations and the protocols as we continue to live safely in a COVID-19 environment. The Ministry of Health, we alert the public that we are still at high risk to community outbreak due to the following. The high risk of international tourism markets, the illegal entry of persons from countries of high risk who are roaming in communities, the non-adherence of citizens to home quarantine, the non-adherence of visitors to hotel protocols, the reduced use and poor use of the face masks in public places, the increased mass crowd events noted across the island, the non-adherence to establish protocols at business places, the crowding of public buses without mask use. Dr. Belmar George is calling on all Saint Lucians to help maintain the gains thus far to ensure the continued safe reopening of the country.