Coronavirus case arrives in Jersey as border reopens

Commercial flights to Jersey resumed on Friday 3 July

An airline passenger tested positive for coronavirus on the first day of Jersey's borders reopening.

The asymptomatic passenger, who was tested at the airport on Friday evening, received the results on Sunday, the Government of Jersey said.

A second person, who arrived on a ferry from Poole on Saturday, has also tested positive for the virus.

Both individuals are self-isolating at private homes in the island for two weeks.

The contact tracing team has spoken to 15 people who were sitting near the airline passenger and they are also isolating.

The airline passenger arrived on the first EasyJet flight from Gatwick after commercial flights resumed, the government confirmed.

Five new cases

One person travelling on the same ferry as the second asymptomatic person has also gone into self-isolation, the government said.

Currently, people arriving in Jersey have to be tested at the border or agree to quarantine for 14 days.

However, those that are tested are free to move around the island until they receive their results.

Five new active cases of coronavirus have been confirmed since Friday. The other three were community transmissions.

The government said it would release the number of passengers arriving in Jersey later on Monday.