 Welcome to NTIA Nightly. I am Genelle Norvell. This edition stops stories. Saint Lucia participates in the First Ever Virtual World Health Assembly. Businesses permitted to commence full operations as the government embarks on a phase reopening and the Ministry of Health and Wellness urges the business community to adhere to stipulated protocols. Saint Lucia's Health Delegation participates in the First Ever Virtual World Health Assembly held this week. More in this report from Flamel Neptune. Health officials were granted the opportunity to participate in the 73rd World Health Assembly and commit to the fight against COVID-19. Minister for Health and Wellness, Senator the Honourable Mary Isaac says she is elated that the virtual session allowed for the involvement of the health team and also the contribution towards the health agenda. This year to see that other members of staff at the Ministry of Health have been given this opportunity to experience what it is like at the World Health Assembly makes it very very exciting for me. I can sit here with my staff and we are having discussions as you know the sessions go on as they call the different presenters. You know for me that is such a big learning exercise and a learning process but it makes me feel very excited to be part of it all. Senator the Honourable Mary Isaac says the virtual session definitely afforded them the platform to report on their progress in the fight against COVID-19 and also to acquire knowledge on ways to respond to the pandemic. We are learning a lot about what other member states did to handle the whole COVID situation as well as what they intend to do. So we ourselves can look at best practices that they are speaking of and see how we can put it vis-à-vis what we are doing in St. Lucia, what we have done, what we did and what we are going to continue to do in St. Lucia. Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Glensford Joseph says he's extremely delighted to play a significant part in this process. Having the World Health Assembly virtually this year gives us an opportunity to join with the Minister of Health, the Chief Medical Officer to be part of such an important forum where they are discussing several issues that are so critical to the world. From this World Health Assembly, we will be living with great ideas that we can take back to our place of work in our daily activities that we can implement to make this world a better place. The 73rd World Health Assembly is attended by delegations from all WHO member states and is convened virtually from May 18th to the 19th. Reporting from the Communications Unit of the Ministry of Health and Wellness, I am Phenoneptun. In keeping with statutory instruments No. 74 of 2020, emergency powers, disasters, COVID-19 curfew No. 7 order, the Ministry of Commerce, International Trade, Investment, Enterprise Development and Consumer Affairs advises that businesses are hereby permitted to recommend full operations in their normal location and within the normal business hours as of May 18, 2020. The Ministry informs, however, that a curfew is imposed from May 18, 2020 to May 31, 2020 from 9pm to 5am and only an essential service can operate during the curfew with the expressed permission of the Director of the National Emergency Management Organization, NEMO. All educational institutions shall remain closed and social events, including the cinema and mass crowd events, are prohibited. During this advanced phase of reopening the economy, business owners and operators are not required to seek prior approval to recommend business activity. Notwithstanding this, all businesses must adhere to the physical distancing and other COVID-related protocols that have been issued by the Ministry of Health. Kindly visit the Governmental St. Lucia website at www.govt.lc or the Ministry of Commerce's website at www.commerce.gov.lc for additional information. The Ministry of Commerce encourages all business owners and the general public to adhere to the stipulated protocols. For more information on this matter, please contact the Commerce and Industry Unit within the Ministry of Commerce at telephone number 468-4214 or 468-4238. The Ministry of Health and Wellness on Monday, May 18, 2020 received results for 41 samples and they were all negative. These samples are due to increased community testing and this brings the total number of tests conducted to date to 827. Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Sharon Belmar George indicated that despite low transmission of COVID-19, the public must remain alert and continue adhering to all stipulated protocols. Although we have maintained a low transmission level of COVID-19 in country, we remind the public that we are still at risk and must maintain and remain vigilant as the threat remains. As we continue with the phase three opening, we must ensure that all protocols are adhered to. The Ministry of Commerce has advised that businesses are permitted to recommend full operations from Monday, May 18, 2020. Although approval for opening is not required at this time, business places are required to review their relevant protocols to ensure they comply with physical distancing, infection prevention and control, occupational health and safety measures. The protocols documents can be accessed via the websites www.covid19response.lc or govt.lc and the Facebook pages of the Ministry of Health and Wellness and the Bureau of Health Educator. We encourage the population to continue adopting the recommended infection prevention and control measures and physical distancing measures when going out into the public. We would like to see these measures also adopted at the community level as well. Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Sharon Belmar George. And as the Governmental St. Lucia continues efforts toward a measured phase reopening of the country, the Ministry of Health and Wellness on Saturday presented the stipulated protocols for the business community drafted for each sector. We hear more from Anisia Antoine. The Chief Environmental Health Officer at the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Parker Raghunanan, reviewed the COVID-19 protocols with regards to the phased reopening of the country, including health services, medical shops, food and beverage services, farmers and fishing, their judiciary and beauty and wellness services. All businesses are required to submit a COVID-19 response plan regarding the new measures to be implemented to maintain social distancing and regular housekeeping practices. All workers shall be provided and be expected to wear face masks while at work. Officers within the workplace shall maintain a six-feet physical distance between each other. There shall be no overcrowding within the working space and minimum of 30 square foot per individual. Employees who are receiving cash shall be provided with alcohol-based sanitizer to maintain hand hygiene. In-person meetings, whether non-company parties or in-house, should be limited and done virtually where possible. Raghunanan elaborated on the necessary guidelines for the reopening of salons and shops. All work area surfaces shall be cleaned and disinfected. Pedicure bowls, remove all parts that can be removed. Clean all removed parts with soap and water. Rinse in clean water and then immerse into properly diluted disinfectant for full recommended contact time. Treatment rooms, clean and disinfect all surfaces such as chairs, tables, electrical appliances and liners. Administrative controls. Employees who are sick will be expected to stay at home. The Chief Environmental Health Officer urged the public and the business community to adhere to the stipulated protocols to ensure the health and safety of all St. Lucian's. From the Government Information Service, I am Anisia Antoine reporting. The Caribbean Public Health Agency CAFA and the Caribbean Community Implementation Agency for Crime and Security, CARICUM, MPACS, both members of the CARICUM Security Cluster as part of the Coordinated Regional Response to COVID-19 recently delivered a virtual training session for frontline security officers on measures to protect themselves in the line of duty. The training was designed for frontline security officers who continue to go above and beyond to protect the health and safety of citizens and visitors while ensuring their own security and to provide confidence across systems as some member states move into the recovery phase from COVID-19. The main objective of the live training, which was held on Thursday, May 7, 2020, was to equip national security officers in CARICUM member states on the use of personal protective equipment, PPE. The training hosted in collaboration with the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Connect Program reached more than 500 frontline workers from various security divisions, police, prisons, customs, immigration and military from 17 territories across the Caribbean, namely St. Lucia, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos Islands. The course continues to be available to all national security professionals on the CBS ICONNEC platform. And this is NTN Nightly up next, Primers Hutchinson with the NTN Nouvelle, Aguiol. COVID-19 is a new pandemic disease as declared by the World Health Organization. It is transmitted directly by respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes or indirectly through rubbing the face with contaminated hands. There is still no specific treatment or vaccine against COVID-19 and as such, the farming community should adhere to some special recommendations. Stock up on essentials such as animal feed, fertilizers, pesticides enough to last for about 30 days. Stock up on fuel well and oils for farm equipment. Ensure that tools and vehicles are serviced to prevent breakdowns and to ensure that farming and food production remain steady. And protect yourself and your workers by ensuring you take all necessary precautions to remain healthy. More than ever before, your important role as gatekeepers of St. Lucia's nutritional health and food security should be taken seriously. When you exercise these precautions, you not only safeguard your health but also continue to allow St. Lucia's access to freshly grown fruits, vegetables and other local crops. Remember it is our responsibility to ensure our nation eats fresh St. Lucia's best. Welcome back. We join Primus Hutchinson for the NTIA Nouvelle Accueil. This is where you can find and replace and you have established the farmers, Bodla and Jeremy, by the construction of the facility that has been built here. For the new vision, this is where you can find and replace these first phases to achieve the new developments that have been placed here. You can spend the money on the next few weeks to deliver the first phase to the construction site. This was the 13th time. This facility was created with the help of Niyon Satab, who provided all the vision of the riverbeds and also those who came to Bodla's Chimera. This is where Peterson Francis built the facility. This is where you can do everything you can to build the riverbeds. This is how the facility was built. This is where you can follow the mission to modernize and build the riverbeds. Francis said that the new vision of Bodla's riverbeds was built in the way that it was built here. Francis said that it was not proper for the Niyon to follow the right path to build the riverbeds. Francis said that the new vision of the riverbeds was built in the way that it was built here. This is where you can do everything to build the riverbeds. This is where you can take the advice of the public and not buy a piece of the new vision to bring it to the riverbeds. Here, Francis said that the riverbeds were built in order to build a riverbed to be properly served. This is where you can built the riverbeds for the riverbeds. Francis said that the new plan of the riverbeds was to build the new vision to build the riverbeds We have a consultation with the residents of Jabbatis to continue a lot of work in the first phase of the construction of a boutique cafe and a place to drink and drink. Police Mayor Jean-Pierre Dimache, the security who addressed the crime situation that took place in West Denri last week. Chief Police Milton Desi, the one who discussed his N.T.N., explained that the police had already left the U.T.D.O. in the first phase of the construction of a boutique cafe and a place to drink and drink. Chief Police Desi also discussed Dimache to address the crime situation in Denri that caused him death. Desi declared that he had placed the SSU officer in the village of Denri to encourage this situation. The SSU officer had already placed the SSU officer in the village of Denri to encourage this situation. He had placed the SSU officer in the village of Denri to encourage this situation. But Chief Police Desi also said that the SSU officer had already placed the SSU officer in the village of Denri that caused him death. The SSU officer had already placed the SSU officer in the village of Denri that caused him death. The SSU officer had already placed the SSU officer in the village of Denri that caused him death. 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