The Government of Saint Lucia is set to provide additional support to vulnerable individuals and groups, who have been negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The assistance will be part of a comprehensive relief package that will be overseen and rolled out by the Ministry of Equity, Social Justice, and Empowerment.  The latest relief is coming through assistance from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), via a loan of US5.5M from the Special Funds Resources, allocated from funds provided by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), under the Global Loan Programme to build health, social and economic resilience in the member countries