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Wearing facemasks 'will protect healthcare services'

Two travellers tested positive for coronavirus yesterday

Wearing facemasks will protect the Island's healthcare services if there's a community outbreak of coronavirus in the future.

That's from Education Minister Dr Alex Allinson, who discussed the Island's mitigation approach to Covid-19 on today's Mannin Line programme.

Two people who have recently travelled to the Island tested positive for coronavirus yesterday.

Dr Allinson says this is why it's important to keep patients and healthcare workers safe:

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