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No 'bold changes' yet but May touted as potential date for change

Friday, 12 February 2021 16:37

Border restrictions could lift when priority groups are vaccinated says CM

There is still some way to go before government will make ‘bold changes’ to the Island’s borders.

That’s the message from the chief minister who says he’s not prepared to jeopardise the progress the Isle of Man has made so far.

However Howard Quayle said there is cause for optimism – with the situation in the UK steadily improving and the vaccination programme going well.

Speaking at today’s Covid-19 media conference he did, for the first time, indicate when we might see movement:

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