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News around Isle of Man

Minister Cregeen’s statement on COVID-19 – 2 June 2020

Well good afternoon. I’m glad to be here to have the opportunity to explain how the Department of Home Affairs has been keeping the Island safe during the pandemic. 

I am grateful to the dedicated men and women of my Department and proud of what the…

Chief Fire Officer’s statement on COVID-19 – 2 June 2020

Good afternoon,

I have been asked to speak today about the work of the IOMFRS  throughout the ongoing pandemic, at the very start we set 3 strategic priorities which were:

To continue to serve and protect the community of our Island.

To ensure t…

Chief Minister appoints new Policy and Reform Minister and Infrastructure Minister

Chief Minister Howard Quayle MHK has today announced that Tim Baker MHK will become the new Minister for Infrastructure and Ray Harmer MHK will become the new Minister for Policy and Reform.
The changes to the Council of Ministers follow last week’s di…

No further coronavirus cases confirmed – 5pm 2 June 2020

Since the last update (5pm Monday 1 June) there have been no further confirmed positive tests for coronavirus – so the total number of confirmed cases remains 336.
There have been 4,967 concluded tests and 36 people are awaiting results.
Four people ar…

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…