covid-19 pandemic in the isle of man covid-19 pandemic in the isle of man the covid-19 pandemic in the isle of man is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2). the virus was confirmed to have reached the british crown dependency of the isle of man on 19 march 2020, when a man returning from spain via liverpool tested positive. community transmission was first confirmed on 22 march on the island. covid-19 pandemic in the isle of mandiseasecovid-19virus strainsars-cov-2locationisle of manfirst outbreakwuhan, hubei, chinaarrival date19 march 2020(3 years, 1 month and 24 days)confirmed cases38,008recovered37,892deaths116fatality rate0.3%government websiteisle of man government covid-19 part of a series on thecovid-19 pandemicin the united kingdom, british overseas territories and crown dependencies history responses legislation statistics (part of the global covid-19 pandemic) locations 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retail covid-19 portal category the government announced the closure of the island's borders and ports to new arrivals starting on 27 march 2020, with the exception of freight and key workers. background on 12 january 2020, the world health organization (who) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in wuhan city, hubei province, china, which was reported to the who on 31 december 2019. the case fatality ratio for covid-19 has been much lower than sars of 2003, but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll. from 19 march, public health england no longer classified covid-19 as a "high consequence infectious disease". timeline covid-19 cases in isle of man () deaths recoveries active cases2020202020212021marmarapraprmaymayjunjunjuljulaugaugsepsepoctoctnovnovdecdecjanjanlast 15 dayslast 15 days date# of cases# of deaths 2020-03-191(n.a.) 2020-03-202(+100%) 2020-03-212(=) 2020-03-225(+150%) 2020-03-2313(+160%) 2020-03-2423(+77%) 2020-03-2523(=) 2020-03-2626(+13%) 2020-03-2729(+12%) 2020-03-2832(+10%) 2020-03-2942(+31%) 2020-03-3049(+17%) 2020-03-3160(+22%) 2020-04-0168(+13%)1(n.a.) 2020-04-0295(+40%)1(=) 2020-04-03114(+20%)1(=) 2020-04-04126(+11%)1(=) 2020-04-05127(+0.79%)1(=) 2020-04-06139(+9.4%)1(=) 2020-04-07150(+7.9%)1(=) 2020-04-08158(+5.3%)1(=) 2020-04-09190(+20.2%)1(=) 2020-04-10201(+5.8%)1(=) 2020-04-11226(+12.4%)2(+100%) 2020-04-12228(+0.88%)2(=) 2020-04-13242(+6.14%)2(=) 2020-04-14254(+4.96%)2(=) 2020-04-15258(+1.57%)4(+100%) 2020-04-16284(+10.1%)4(=) 2020-04-17291(+2.46%)4(=) 2020-04-18297(+2.06%)6(+50%) 2020-04-19298(+0.34%)6(=) 2020-04-20300(+0.67%)9(+50%) 2020-04-21307(+2.33%)9(=) 2020-04-22307(=)15(+67%) 2020-04-23307(=)16(+6.7%) 2020-04-24308(+0.33%)18(+12%) 2020-04-25308(=)18(=) 2020-04-26308(=)18(=) 2020-04-27308(=)20(+11%) 2020-04-28309(+0.32%)21(+5%) 2020-04-29313(+1.29%)21(=) 2020-04-30315(+0.64%)21(=) 2020-05-01316(+0.32%)22(+4.8%) 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2021-01-06389(+3)25(=) 2021-01-07390(+1)25(=) 2021-01-08392(+2)25(=) 2021-01-09394(+2)25(=) 2021-01-10396(+2)25(=) 2021-01-11403(+7)25(=) 2021-01-12406(+3)25(=) 2021-01-13414(+8)25(=) 2021-01-14417(+3)25(=) 2021-01-15418(+1)25(=) 2021-01-16419(+1)25(=) 2021-01-17428(+9)25(=) 2021-01-18432(+4)25(=) 2021-01-19432(=)25(=) 2021-01-20432(=)25(=) 2021-01-21432(=)25(=) based on confirmed cases reported by 23:59 local time each day january – march 2020 the manx government said that the "risk to the public is low" and that the island is "ready to respond to the wuhan novel coronavirus should a potential case of the disease arrive here." in march, the manx government again said that the risk to the public was "moderate to low". despite the government downplaying the risk, hand sanitiser was sold out in shops. the covid-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to the isle of man when the first case on the island was confirmed on 19 march. the patient had returned from a trip to spain four days previously, via a flight through liverpool. on 26 march, two covid-19 patients were admitted to noble's hospital. at the end of 26 march, the isle of man government started to "require everyone to stay at home except for limited reasons", several days after the united kingdom imposed similar restrictions. april – june 2020: first lockdown on 1 april, chief minister howard quayle announced the first covid-19-related death on the isle of man. on 6 april, 12 cases were reported and 6 people were receiving treatment in noble's hospital. on 15 april, the department of health and social care announced it had taken over the running of one of the island's major care homes, abbotswood care home, "for the safety of its residents". on 18 april, health minister david ashford confirmed that there had been two deaths that day in care homes – the first recorded deaths on the island outside of hospital – and that there were 37 confirmed cases at the abbotswood care home. 11 people were being treated in hospital and a total of 2,319 test results had been received, with 296 testing positive, of whom 12 were under 20 years of age and 74 over the age of 65. on 23 april, a minor change to the lockdown rules was made allowing people to be outside their houses for as long as they liked, provided they were only with members of their own household. from 24 april, builders, tradespersons and landscape gardeners were permitted to return to work, subject to social distancing. garden centres opened from 11 may, and some non-essential shops and other retail businesses were allowed to open from monday 18 may. 20 may was the last diagnosed case, until 6 september. on 3 june, it was announced that there were no active cases. from 15 june, gatherings of up to 30 people were permitted, restaurants, pubs and cafes were allowed to serve food and gyms were partially opened. on 11 june, it was announced that from 15 june restrictions on social distancing were to be lifted except in health and care environments. on 25 june, it was announced that an "air-bridge" run by aurigny would open in july to allow travel between the isle of man and guernsey without quarantine restrictions. july – september 2020 starting on 6 july, people who have been on the island for more than 14 days and who feel ill are no longer required by law to self-isolate for 14 days regardless of if they test positive. instead, people are asked to be tested and self-isolate until test results return. if the test result is negative and the person feels well, then self-isolation is no longer required. if the test result is positive, then the process is the same as before: self-isolation for 14 days, along with any household members. it was announced on 6 september a resident returning from the uk had self-isolated for 7 days, and then had a test. this was positive. they self-isolated for a further 14 days. it was stressed the risk to the public is extremely low. october – december 2020 a man who had returned to the island and failed to isolate for the required 14 days was jailed for 28 days. a man who crossed the irish sea from the isle of whithorn, scotland to ramsey on a personal watercraft to visit his girlfriend in douglas was jailed for 4 weeks on 14 december for arriving unlawfully on the island. january – february 2021: second wave the island entered a second lockdown on 7 january with all non essential shops, hospitality and schools closing. on 1 february, the island lifted all covid-19 restrictions at 00:01 gmt after 20 days of no unexplained community cases. all schools reopened and all shops and pubs were allowed to have customers unrestricted. it became the only place in the british islands without social distancing. march – april 2021: third wave on 3 march, the chief minister placed the island into a third lockdown after a spike in cases. the stay at home order was reintroduced and all schools and non-essential businesses were closed. the island had recorded an increase in unexplained cases, a number of which were recorded in schools. bill shimmins mhk criticised the government's lack of earlier action, calling it a "slow-motion train crash". the chief minister stated that there was insufficient data to support measures at an earlier date. all restrictions were lifted again on 19 april, apart from certain measures in health and social care settings. june – july 2021: fourth wave, reopening of borders on 28 june, the borders opened to people in the united kingdom and republic of ireland who have had two vaccine doses, provided two weeks have elapsed since their second dose. from 14 july, lateral flow test kits for self-testing were introduced on the island, free of charge from pharmacies and schools. it was confirmed on 22 july that over 140,000 had been ordered for the island, costing the isle of man government around £440,000. both chief minister howard quayle and health minister david ashford confirmed that the island would not enter a fourth lockdown, but they will be open to adding restrictions such as social distancing and/or no indoor mixing if necessary. testing