Coronavirus COVID-19
08/06/2020
Thank you Chief Minister.
The Department for Education, Sport and Culture have been working closely with teachers and other key staff to allow the island’s children to return to their…
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08/06/2020
Good afternoon
I wanted to give the Health & Social Care Minister a break from today’s briefing. He is doing the rest of the briefings this week with either me…
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08/06/2020
Since the last update (4pm Sunday 7 June) there have been no further confirmed positive tests for coronavirus. This means the Isle of Man has no active cases and the…
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07/06/2020
Since the last update (4pm Saturday 6 June) there have been no further confirmed positive tests for coronavirus. This means the Isle of Man has no active cases and the…
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06/06/2020
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…
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05/06/2020
Since the last update (4pm Thursday 4 June) there have been no further confirmed positive tests for coronavirus. This means the Isle of Man has no active cases and the…
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05/06/2020
Thank you, Mr President.
On Wednesday our Island reached a milestone in the fight against COVID-19. We now have no active cases of the virus here in the Isle of…
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05/06/2020
The Isle of Man Government is working closely with schools as they prepare to reopen later this month. Most schools were closed on 23 March, with the exception of nine…
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05/06/2020
This news release is issued to raise awareness of a delay to the introduction of the VAT domestic reverse charge for construction services due to the impact of the coronavirus…
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05/06/2020
The Isle of Man Government is allowing businesses to defer the making of VAT payments to help support businesses with their cash flow during the Coronavirus pandemic.
VAT payments can…
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04/06/2020
Good afternoon
It is nice to be here in our new setting for the afternoon briefings. One advantage that it does have is two lecterns so the Minister of Health…
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04/06/2020
Since the last update (4pm Wednesday 3 June) there have been no further confirmed positive tests for coronavirus. This means the Isle of Man now has no active cases and…
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04/06/2020
Dental practices in the Island can resume treating patients again, providing they meet stringent safety guidelines designed to prevent infection among staff and patients.
The closure of practices under Emergency…
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03/06/2020
Since the last update (5pm Tuesday 2 June) there have been no further confirmed positive tests for coronavirus. This means the Isle of Man now has no active cases and…
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03/06/2020
The Isle of Man Disruption Loan Guarantee Agreement, a COVID-19 financial support initiative launched by the Isle of Man Government, has provided £1.5million worth of support and helped secure over…
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02/06/2020
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:…
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02/06/2020
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…
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02/06/2020
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…
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01/06/2020
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…
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01/06/2020
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…
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