Thank you, Mr. Chair. This was one-time funding for a very small project, and so, no, there is nothing else being contemplated in that space. However, to the broader question of cancer prevention, chronic disease management, and ultimately, diagnosis and treatment, the diagnosis and treatment side would show up in the broader growth within the healthcare system should that happen. Being mindful of the dynamic of people avoiding or not going to physicians or nurse practitioners for check-ups, there was a lot of work done earlier in the pandemic for people to review their panels and to be doing outreach and to implement virtual care. I know the primary care team have been very mindful of the risk that has been articulated and are working to try to prevent that from happening by good connections with their folks. Certainly, we are not waiting for it to become a treatment issue, trying to use good triaging and good connection with patients to do outreach. Thank you.
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