Covid-19 Coronavirus

Health and Wellbeing News

Chief Minister's statement on COVID-19 - 4 June 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...
Thursday, 4 June 2020

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...
Monday, 1 June 2020

Outdoor sports resume and facilities reopen but gyms remain closed

People in the Isle of Man can enjoy most outdoor sports again as long as social distancing and gathering rules are followed. A further 23 sports including...
Monday, 25 May 2020

Back to Health - DHSC approach to restoring suspended or reduced services: part one

Careful planning is underway to begin the process of restoring health and care services which have been suspended or reduced since the coronavirus outbreak in...
Saturday, 23 May 2020

Dentists to offer emergency treatments

An emergency dental service has expanded its provision for Island patients as measures to limit the spread of coronavirus are gradually eased. Dentistry poses...
Friday, 22 May 2020

Chief Minister's statement on COVID-19 - 18 May 2020

Good afternoon As well as the Health & Social Care Minister, today we also have Margaret Knight, the head of our Infection Prevention & Control team to...
Monday, 18 May 2020

Minister Ashford's Statement on COVID-19 - 15 May 2020

Good afternoon everyone. Before we begin I will give you todays statistics: The total number of tests undertaken is 4032 The total number of concluded tests...
Friday, 15 May 2020

Advice on safe return of medicines to pharmacies

Members of the public who wish to return unwanted or out-of-date medicines to their local pharmacy are being reminded about safety measures in place during the...
Wednesday, 13 May 2020

One new coronavirus case confirmed - 4pm 13 May 2020

Since the last update (6:30pm Tuesday 12 May) there has been one further confirmed positive test for coronavirus.  The total number of confirmed cases now...
Wednesday, 13 May 2020

Minister Ashford's Statement on COVID-19 - 12 May 2020

Good afternoon everyone: today’s briefing takes place on International nurses day and so today our focus is all about nursing.   May 12th 2020 is the...
Tuesday, 12 May 2020
Back to top