"...If he will make a statement on the party from Jersey that was referred to in his speech at the Press Briefing on Monday 22nd June 2020; how many people were involved; when the Exemption Certificates were issued; when the party arrived; what their professions were and why the Exemption Certificates were granted; whether they were exempt from self-quarantine; where they stayed and whether they travelled around the Island together; who decided to grant them entry; who was informed before their visit and what checks were carried out during their stay; and what actions caused concern?"

Pictured: Manx Chief Minister, Howard Quayle MHK (Isle of Man Government)

His question refers to a statement made on Monday by Mr Quayle, when he suggested the Jersey group may not have followed the necessary guidance:

"I have been made aware of a party from Jersey - who entered the Island last week for work reasons. We can confirm that they arrived on the Island legally. They had applied for and had been given an exemption certificate. This included an exemption from self-isolation subject to an adherence to strict protocols. The certificate clearly sets out the conduct required of the group while on the Island.

"As part of the application they had submitted a risk assessment and a plan of how they would protect others during their visit. This plan had been agreed with the Department of Health & Social Care.

"We are also aware that questions have arisen as to the party’s adherence to these requirements. This is being looked into and the police may decide to take a look at this. The group have now left the Island.

This morning it was announced that the Isle of Man will be creating an "air bridge" with Guernsey, which means that travellers between the two places don't have to be tested for corona virus, or go into isolation, on arrival. Neither the Isle of Man, or Guernsey, has any active virus cases. 

Guernsey's Director of Public Health Dr Nicola Brink said this week that from a public health perspective, the Isle of Man ticked all the boxes - with its testing rate and contact tracing seemingly as successful as Guernsey's.

"I think the criteria [for an air bridge] is we have to be absolutely confident with the viral activity in the jurisdiction you are linking with," she said. 

"If a jurisdiction doesn’t test, they are not going to have any positives. You have to be happy with their testing rate, with their laboratory services, with their contact tracing and so on. I am absolutely confident that the Isle of Man has very similar procedures in place to what we do and a similar testing strategy, so I am absolutely confident in the data that the Isle of Man are publishing and that is a really positive first step."

The Isle of Man has no active cases of Covid-19 and there hasn't been a positive test result in the island for 35 consecutive days.

In total the Isle of Man has seen 336 positive cases with 24 fatalities linked to  the virus. 

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