IOM GOV UPDATE – 6TH SEPTEMBER

WELL GOOD MORNING EVERYONE 

WE’RE BACK SOONER THAN EXPECTED 

IT’S SUNDAY, AND IT’S 10AM…SO YOU KNOW WHAT I’M ABOUT TO TELL YOU 

LATE YESTERDAY A CASE OF COVID WAS CONFIRMED ON THE ISLAND

POSITIVE RESULT WAS FROM A RESIDENT RETURNING WHO HAS BEEN IN SELF ISOLATION

THEY HAVE COMPLIED WITH THE RULES AND ARE ISOLATING ALONE 

IT WAS SADLY INEVITABLE THAT C-19 WOULD RETURN 

WE SHOULDN’T BE DISHEARTENED 

THIS SINGLE CASE IS CONTAINED AND THE RISK IS EXTREMELY LOW 

KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW, THE SITUATION IS AS POSITIVE AS IT CAN BE 

CONTACT TRACING ARE IN ON IT, SPEAKING TO ANYONE WHO HAS SPENT LONGER THAN 15 MINUTES WITH NO PPE AS A PRECAUTION 

YOU ARE FREE TO CONTINUE TO GO ABOUT YOUR LIVES AS NORMAL 

7 DAY TESTING WILL GO LIVE TOMORROW AS PLANNED 

I’M SURE YOU’LL JOIN ME IN THANKING THE INDIVIDUAL FOR ACTING RESPONSIBLY 

ASHFORD

WE KNEW IT WAS LIKELY TO HAPPEN, INEVITABLE 

NO REASON FOR CONCERN

CONTACT TRACING ARE ON IT 

COVID FREE = LOCAL INFECTION FREE 

BY THAT DEFINITION THE ISLAND IS COVID FREE 

*KEY POINT*  DON’T BE CONCERNED BUT STAY VIGILANT 

QUESTIONS

SAM T: MOGHREY MIE 

Q. HOW DID THE PERSON ARRIVE?

HQ: FLEW IN, SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE PLANE WEARING FACE MASKS 

ASH: EVERYONE ON THE FLIGHT WILL ALREADY BE IN ISOLATION 

Q. WHAT HAPPENS FOR THEM AND THEIR ISOLATION PERIOD?

HQ: CONTACT TRACING WILL KEEP IN TOUCH 

ASH: 14 DAY ISO RESET FROM LAST NIGHT 

LEANNE: GOOD MORNING 

Q. SCHOOLS ARE DUE TO OPEN, WILL THEY CRACK ON?

HQ: WE’LL CARRY ON AS IF THIS HASN’T HAPPENED. IT’S NOT IN THE COMMUNITY

THIS HAS BEEN CAUGHT DURING ISOLATION SO BUSINESS AS USUAL 

Q. HOW MANY WILL BE CONTACTED THROUGH CONTACT TRACING?

NO ONE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HIGH RISK. 

JOSH. GOOD MORNING 

Q. ANY DETAIL ON WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO TRAVELLED WITH THE INFECTED INDIVIDUAL?

AHSY: THEY ARE ALREADY IN ISOLATION

HQ: THEY CAN BE TESTED ON MONDAY IF THEY WISH 

Q. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF IT ESCALATES?

ASH: STICKING THE PLAN. THIS IS AN ISOLATED CASE. WE HAVE NO COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION 

TIMMY G. MOGHREY MIE 

Q. WHAT HAS GUERNSEY’S REACTION BEEN?

HQ: WE BOTH EXPECTED THIS TO HAPPEN. NO CHANGE TO THE AIR BRIGE 

ALEX BELL. MOGHREY MIE 

Q. HAPPY THAT THIS PERSON IS SELF ISOLATING ALONE?

HQ:IT’S A BONUS BUT ONLY 6% CAUGHT COVID FROM THEIR HOUSEHOLD 

ASHY: THERE ARE STILL STRICT PROTOCOLS AROUND SELF ISO 

Q. SHOULD THIS SERVE AS A WAKE UP CALL?

HQ: THE SYSTEMS WORK, THIS PERSON RESPECTED THE RULES. CERTAINLY A WAKEUP CALL

CHRIS CAVE

Q. ANY PLANS IN PLACE TO RESTRICT TRAVEL TO  COVID HOTSPOTS?

ASH: NOT SURE THAT TRAFFIC LIGHT SYSTEM ADDS ANYTHING TO WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE 

HQ: I CAN’T UNDERSTAND WHY ANYONE WOULD WANT TO GO ON HOLIDAY. EXCEPT FOR SEEING LOVED ONES 

Q. HOW SURPRISING IS IT THAT IT’S TAKEN SO LONG TO COME BACK?

HQ: WE HAD A GOOD RUN. 108 DAYS. BUT THIS ISN’T IN THE COMMUNITY 

CLOSING 

WE CAN’T LET OUR GUARD DOWN 

• ANY SYMPTOMS – COUGH, TEMP, LOSS OF TASTE – SELF ISOLATE AND CALL 111

• COUGH OR SNEEZE – CATCH IT IN A TISSUE OR YOUR ELBOW 

• WASH YOUR HANDS

IN TRUE MANX FASHION WE WILL PICK OURSELVES UP, DUST OURSELVES DOWN, AND MOVE FORWARD RESILIENTLY