Watterson: 'Borders may have been opened a month too early'

Thursday, 15 July 2021 06:50

HoK Speaker urging Island to 'work harder' with precautions

The Speaker of the House of Keys believes the Isle of Man may have opened its borders too early.

Juan Watterson says whilst he understands both sides of the argument, for easing restrictions, people still need to be careful around Covid-19.

Cases have spiked in the last week with 182 active cases of the virus now identified.

A Covid-19 briefing will be held at 4pm today (15 July)

Mr Watterson also thinks people can 'work harder' to take precautions whilst vaccinations continue:

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