Isle of Man

jackieguaccamo said:
I was on about their freedom post lockdown. Just wondered how it was going. Anyone heard owt?
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Manx friend of mine posted this late yesterday:

Island’s schools, nurseries and childminders to close for Friday to create and all children told to stay at home
Given a growing number of COVID-19 cases on the Island, particularly amongst children, all of the Island’s schools, nurseries and childminders will be closed tomorrow (Friday 5 March).
This difficult decision has been taken to create a firebreak to help stop the spread of the virus, particularly amongst the Island’s young people.
The situation will be reviewed over the weekend as the situation becomes clearer.
The Chief Minister, Howard Quayle MHK, said: “As we know, the Kent variant of COVID-19 is particularly virulent and we are seeing it spreading rapidly amongst our community. The virus spreads when people mix and so we need to do all we can to minimise that mixing. We are currently seeing a strong level of transmission between our young people and we need to take every opportunity we have to interrupt this.
“Whilst much of the opportunity for transmission has been minimised through the circuit break, there are still a number of settings where children are moving around outside of the home. In the interests of children and broader society, we need to prevent children from mixing.
“The closure of schools and childcare facilities on Friday will create a firebreak, and the message is simple, if you have children, they must not mix with children from other households and should stay at home on Friday.
“This decision has not been taken lightly and is on the advice of Public Health and other professionals managing our response to this pandemic. I appreciate that it will present a challenge to our children and for a number of people who provide essential and indeed critical services for our Island but at the moment we feel this action is in the best interests of our young people and our community.”
For essential workers only, other family members may provide childcare and children of separated households are able to travel between parents’ homes for the provision of childcare. However, children from different households should not mix.
Household groups can continue to exercise with their children.
All outdoor play areas will be closed.
The Chief Minister will provide an update at a COVID briefing at 4pm on Friday.
 
SteveYork said:
Manx friend of mine posted this late yesterday:

Island’s schools, nurseries and childminders to close for Friday to create and all children told to stay at home
Given a growing number of COVID-19 cases on the Island, particularly amongst children, all of the Island’s schools, nurseries and childminders will be closed tomorrow (Friday 5 March).
This difficult decision has been taken to create a firebreak to help stop the spread of the virus, particularly amongst the Island’s young people.
The situation will be reviewed over the weekend as the situation becomes clearer.
The Chief Minister, Howard Quayle MHK, said: “As we know, the Kent variant of COVID-19 is particularly virulent and we are seeing it spreading rapidly amongst our community. The virus spreads when people mix and so we need to do all we can to minimise that mixing. We are currently seeing a strong level of transmission between our young people and we need to take every opportunity we have to interrupt this.
“Whilst much of the opportunity for transmission has been minimised through the circuit break, there are still a number of settings where children are moving around outside of the home. In the interests of children and broader society, we need to prevent children from mixing.
“The closure of schools and childcare facilities on Friday will create a firebreak, and the message is simple, if you have children, they must not mix with children from other households and should stay at home on Friday.
“This decision has not been taken lightly and is on the advice of Public Health and other professionals managing our response to this pandemic. I appreciate that it will present a challenge to our children and for a number of people who provide essential and indeed critical services for our Island but at the moment we feel this action is in the best interests of our young people and our community.”
For essential workers only, other family members may provide childcare and children of separated households are able to travel between parents’ homes for the provision of childcare. However, children from different households should not mix.
Household groups can continue to exercise with their children.
All outdoor play areas will be closed.
The Chief Minister will provide an update at a COVID briefing at 4pm on Friday.
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And from earlier today:

Construction sector to close for two weeks
The Council of Ministers has met this morning to review the ongoing response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Following discussions, the Council of Ministers has taken the decision that the Island’s construction sector must stop work for an initial period of two weeks from the end of the day today (Friday 5 March). This is to strengthen measures to prevent the spread of the virus.
Tradespeople who work alone or with one other person outdoors only – such as window cleaners, outdoor painters, gardeners etc. – can continue to work provided that it is no more than two people with full mitigations including masks and social distancing in place.
Emergency work and essential repairs will be allowed to continue. Building sites should now be made safe and prepare to be closed from tonight.
The Chief Minister will provide an update at a COVID briefing at 4pm.
 
SteveYork said:
And from earlier today:

Construction sector to close for two weeks
The Council of Ministers has met this morning to review the ongoing response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Following discussions, the Council of Ministers has taken the decision that the Island’s construction sector must stop work for an initial period of two weeks from the end of the day today (Friday 5 March). This is to strengthen measures to prevent the spread of the virus.
Tradespeople who work alone or with one other person outdoors only – such as window cleaners, outdoor painters, gardeners etc. – can continue to work provided that it is no more than two people with full mitigations including masks and social distancing in place.
Emergency work and essential repairs will be allowed to continue. Building sites should now be made safe and prepare to be closed from tonight.
The Chief Minister will provide an update at a COVID briefing at 4pm.
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And some stats as of about 4pm yesterday (I assume from the Chief Minister's briefing):

Quick stats:
Tests: 34,097 (12 outstanding)
New cases in last 24 hours: 36
Total active cases: 106
Of active cases: 2 in hospital, 21 from an unknown source.
1,579 in isolation (477 associated with the current cluster)
Genomic review shows that all cases up to last weekend are linked back to original Steam Packet case. Other cases expected to link back.
 
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