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Plans for border changes going before Tynwald today

Unrestricted travel for fully vaccinated residents if approved

Plans to change the easing of Island border restrictions are going before Tynwald today.

If approved, fully vaccinated residents and non-residents will be able to travel without testing or isolation restrictions from June 28.

Among the proposals, children under the age of five would be exempt from testing and quarantine.

Restrictions would remain in place, however, for those who haven't had both doses.

'We have to be clear; vaccination does not remove the possibility of transmission but greatly reduces it.'

Health and Social Care Minister David Ashford spoke with Alex Wotton about the plans:

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