 The Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs recently held a staff retreat and awards ceremony for the team members within the Public Health Primary Care Department. The staff retreat and awards ceremony allowed for recognizing the contribution of the team members and provided an opportunity to get away from the day-to-day responsibilities and focus on strengthening leadership and professional abilities. Chief Medical Officer Dr Sharon Delmar George recognized the sacrifices made by the team members over the past two years, both in the management of programs and the COVID-19 pandemic. I really want for today to be at least one day out of the office. I really want today to be a day about recognizing you and the efforts that you have put during the last two years, and I know that a lot of us, we continue to do it moving forward. So this is basically what I want today to be about, where you take a break from the office, we'll receive the training, but also to put a spotlight on who you are, what you do in the ministry, and to recognize the efforts that you have done, especially over the last two years that we have managed together. Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Jenny Daniel, expressed sincere gratitude to the team members for the immense efforts and dedication to the work of the ministry. The simple act of saying thank you does wonders for persons, provides motivation, shows empathy, shows care, shows concern, and of course gratitude for efforts made and sacrifices as well. I think that we have fought a good battle, and I implore you to continue to embrace the strategies that would help us to continue in our fight, our objective to attain good health for our citizenry, and of course to strengthen our health profile in the event that there is an upcoming epidemic or pandemic on the horizon. Minister for Health, the Honourable Mose Jebatis says, the work of the team members is greatly appreciated and gave reassurance that his government will continue to work together with them to strengthen primary health care services. As a government, we want to continue to work. There is a lot of work to do. We want to focus on trying to strengthen the health care sector and working in an integrated way with everyone to ensure that primary care is strengthened through the universal health care coverage programme, which we will launch in a few weeks. You will hear a lot more about it. We want to ensure that we continue to integrate COVID-19 management practices and processes in the health care system in general, that we no longer see COVID-19 as a special threat, but part of our normal health care management as we move forward. The staff retreat entailed sessions on leadership, being your best self, meditation and effective communication across generations in the workplace. Reporting from the Communications Unit of the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs, I am Fudal Neptune.