 Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sharon Belmar-George has provided insight into the COVID-19 related death of a British national at a resort here. A 52-year-old man arrived in St. Lucia on December 30, 2020 and died January 9, 2021. Speaking during an update to the nation on NTN Thursday evening, Dr. Belmar-George informed that the deceased did present a negative PCR test result upon arrival and up until his death displayed no COVID-19 symptoms. He was not a COVID patient with respiratory symptoms or a known patient who was sick. He got into a situation from her habit and he passed away at the hotel. But as our protocol where we test the dead persons just to ensure we're not missing any cases, we found out that he was COVID-19. Like I explained earlier, we report our cases as a COVID-related death. We're not saying COVID killed the person, we're saying COVID-related in that they were positive for COVID either while they were in care or after their death. Now he arrived here in St. Lucia, 30th of December. Did he arrive with a negative PCR test? Yes, he did. Did he arrive from the UK directly from the UK? Yes, he came from the UK with a negative test. So the question in everyone's mind, was he already infected with COVID upon arriving in St. Lucia? Do we have any idea if that is the case or did he contract COVID here on Island, perhaps at the property? This is difficult to say given that COVID-19 has an incubation period of 14 days. And that is to say that from getting into contact with someone who has it up to 14 days later at any point in that period, you could become positive for COVID-19. So he could have come in with his negative tests and throughout the first 14 days at any period from the 2, 3, 5, 7, 12, he could have become positive at any point in that period. It is with these known risk factors in mind, the CMO says that a lot of emphasis has been placed on protective measures at accommodation properties. But is this case indicative of the need for second testing for visitors? We do test if we're concerned about the result or the timing of the result that they're coming in. So we do some level of testing also as our quarantine facilities on the seventh day we test. But even with a test and if you look at the protocols around the world, some persons with 3, some 5, some 7, up to the 14th day, the test gives you a result on one day. We can choose to test when people come in, that's one option we can, but it will not change the protocols that you need to adhere to up to the 14th day. So it's the country to decide at what point you test, but it will not change what the requirements are during the first 14 days of the incubation period.