New cases involve the more transmissible Kent variant and are widespread, a public health chief says.

The Isle of Man is beginning a fresh shutdown just weeks after lifting all social distancing measures.

The island returns to a three-week lockdown after a sharp rise in unexplained coronavirus cases.

No action will be taken against the Steam Packet Company over a Covid cluster linked to the operator.

The dedicated centre will bring together a range of services to "protect and support" people.

The advice for the Isle of Man follows no overnight cases after two of unknown origin on Saturday.

People found to have the virus visited a range of shops and a café, and used several buses, in recent days.

People on the Isle of Man have been urged to cancel plans and stay at home as a "precaution".

Crew members will be tested at the start and end of every shift, the government says.

A plan to stop traffic using a coastal road could make it "accessible to all", a cycling group says.

The proposal could strengthen the rights and protection of the vulnerable, the health minister says.

The move will "reduce the risk of the virus being brought to the island", said the health minister.

A ban on vehicles using a stretch of Manx coastal road could be "beneficial", a minister says.

The people who tested positive were already in self-isolation as close contacts of another case.

Lengthening the gap between doses to up to 10 weeks will allow more people to have their first jabs.

Anthony Thompson punched his neighbour and assaulted him with a crowbar in the row during lockdown.

Six new infections emerge overnight linked to a new cluster of Covid-19 cases on the Isle of Man.

Those who visited the Douglas cafe on Tuesday lunchtime are told to self-isolate and arrange a test.

The Manx government says adults with learning disabilities will get a vaccine earlier than planned.

People infected with the virus in a new cluster visited a range of shops, a restaurant and a school.