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News around Isle of Man

Manx Care reassures the public that all urgent referrals across all mental health services are assessed within a two week period

Urgent referrals to CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Care Services) and Community Wellbeing Services are assessed within two weeks. 
Manx Care have taken major steps to clear the backlog with the appointment of additional staff.  
Manx Care’s …

Mountain Road closures to enable improvements ahead of TT 2022

Improvement works on the Mountain Road will begin next month and run for six weeks in preparation for the 2022 Isle of Man TT. 
Major works will be taking place at Stella Maris, below Ramsey Hairpin, to fully reconstruct the highway and footpath. The o…

Financial Sanctions: Libya

This news release is issued to publicise the addition of 1 entry under the Libya Sanctions Regime.
The Libya (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1665) were made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (the Sanctions Act) an…

Financial Sanctions: ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida

This news release is issued to publicise the removal of 3 entries under the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Regime.
The ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/466) were made under the Sanctions …

Parents invited to register their child for COVID-19 vaccine

Parents and guardians of clinically vulnerable children aged 5 – 11 are now able to register their child for the vaccine.
Last month, following advice from the UK’s Joint Commission on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), the Island’s vaccination progr…

Statement on Island Plan

The Chief Minister Alfred Cannan MHK said:

“It is surprising that eight members of the House of Keys have chosen not to support the suspension of standing orders to allow the Island Plan be debated in Tynwald today, but I accept the overriding message…

Parents invited to register their child for COVID-19 vaccine

Parents and guardians of clinically vulnerable children aged 5 – 11 are now able to register their child for the vaccine.
Last month, following advice from the UK’s Joint Commission on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), the Island’s vaccination progr…

Changes to the UK Sanctions List: Sample data

This news release is issued to publicise the changes to the structure and format of the UK Sanctions List that is coming into effect from 21 February 2022. 
Samples of the new structure are now available in 4 formats, these can be found on the UK Sanct…

Avian Influenza case confirmed in Island geese

A case of avian influenza has been confirmed in the Isle of Man. 
It is the first time the H5N1 virus, which is highly contagious amongst birds but not people, has been recorded on the Island. However, the UK is currently facing its largest ever outbr…