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News around Isle of Man

Island will offer new Moderna vaccine in autumn booster programme

Island residents will be offered the new Moderna bivalent COVID vaccine in the autumn rollout, following the latest advice from the UK’s Joint Commission of Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).
The new bivalent vaccine targets two different variants of…

Public Health launches long-term programme for improving health and wellbeing

To help shape and develop the best policies for health and wellbeing on the Island, a programme has begun collecting data and opinions from the public and the third sector.
Public Health Isle of Man will be leading on a national Joint Strategic Needs A…

Financial Sanctions: Russia General Licence.

General licence – IOM/2022/RUS028
The Treasury has the power to issue General Licences for financial and trade sanctions regimes under a number of Regulations.
On 17 August 2022, the Treasury issued General licence – IOM/2022/RUS028 under regulation 64…

Important reminder for visitors to the Island for the Manx Grand Prix

Manx Care is reminding visitors to the Island – including those travelling here for the forthcoming Manx Grand Prix (MGP) festival – to ensure they have adequate travel and health insurance in place ahead of their trip, and bring with them all of the p…

Isle of Man retailers support anti-littering message

Retailers in the Isle of Man are reminding customers not to litter our UNESCO Biosphere using messages on till receipts.
Robinson’s Prospect Terrace, Douglas, shop and its Floristry Centre in Cooil Road, Braddan, and Manx Wildlife Trust’s gift shop in …

Hundreds of students to receive A Level and BTEC grades

Around 600 students will pick up their A Level and BTEC results at secondary schools and University College Isle of Man (UCM) on Thursday.
This year’s results reflect a significant commitment to learning by the Island’s young people through what has b…

Government making good progress on further cost of living support

The Chief Minister Alfred Cannan MHK has said that good progress is being made on a package of measures to provide additional support to people and the economy in the face of growing cost of living pressures.
Last week Government announced a further £2…

Labour market report: July 2022

The latest labour market report, compiled and published by the Statistics Isle of Man team at the Cabinet Office, shows the number of people registered unemployed was 302 for July 2022.
The figure increased by 17 persons from the previous month (June …

Bird of prey died from avian influenza on Isle of Man

A bird of prey found in Peel this week died from avian influenza, tests have confirmed.
The peregrine falcon is the seventh bird confirmed to have died from the highly contagious H5N1 strain on the Island since July.
In that time nearly 200 dead seabi…

Manx Care to stop delivering Covid-19 PCR testing

Manx Care will stop delivering Covid-19 PCR testing with effect from 31 August 2022, as part of the Island’s endemic approach to living with the virus.  In addition, from 15 August, people will no longer be required to perform a Lateral Flow Test (LFT)…