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Minister Ashford’s statement on COVID-19 – 1 June 2020

I am delighted to be able to announce that we now have access to a verified anti-body test and we will be beginning to roll out a programme of testing to see how widespread COVID-19 has been in our community.  We have been able to purchase 10,000 test…

Chief Minister’s statement on COVID-19 – 1 June 2020

Good afternoon 

Let’s kick off this afternoon’s briefing with the Health & Social Care Minister bringing us today’s update on testing and cases. I know the Minister also wants to update you on the roll out of the antibody testing and the new gra…

Financial Sanctions: Syria

This news release is issued in respect of the restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Syria.
Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 36/2012 has been amended with effect from 30 May 2020, following …

Financial Sanctions: Central African Republic

This news release is issued in respect of the financial sanctions in place against the Central African Republic.
Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) No 224/2014 has been amended with effect from 29 May 2020 following the publication of Council Implement…

No further coronavirus cases confirmed – 5pm 1 June 2020

Since the last update (4pm Sunday 31 May) there have been no further confirmed positive tests for coronavirus – so the total number of confirmed cases remains 336.
There have been 4,904 concluded tests, 29 people are awaiting results
Four people are aw…

Guidance on travelling safely by bus

bus vannin is continuing to work to make bus journeys as safe as possible during the coronavirus pandemic. Steps to increase services to accommodate social distancing and enhancing cleaning regimes on all buses and in offices will ensure the protection…

Learning summary published following serious case management review

A summary of learning has been published by the Safeguarding Board following a statutory serious case management review (SCMR).
It follows the death in 2019 of a man in his fifties, who had been deemed vulnerable due to poor physical and mental health …

Images highlight devastating impact of plastic pollution on wildlife

Images, taken at opposite ends of the Island, show the devastating impact plastic pollution can have on wildlife.
The distressing photos show birds which have died after becoming entangled in discarded plastic. The first shows a chough wrapped in orang…

Local firms offer help to retrieve students’ possessions

A number of local firms have offered to work with the Isle of Man Government to help students retrieve their possessions from the UK.
Many who returned to the Island before border restrictions were imposed were left feeling powerless and unable to coll…

No further coronavirus cases confirmed – 4pm 31 May 2020

Since the last update (4pm Saturday 31 May) there have been no further confirmed positive tests for coronavirus – so the total number of confirmed cases remains 336.
There have been 4,846 concluded tests, 46 people are awaiting results and no one is aw…