'No plans to change travel restrictions for vaccinated residents'

Thursday, 21 January 2021 06:12

By Rob Pritchard @rpritchard9

There are no plans to create extra travel documents for residents who've been vaccinated against Covid-19.

That's according to Chief Minister, Howard Quayle MHK, in response to a question on the matter from Arbory, Castletown & Malew MHK Jason Moorhouse during the virtual sitting of Tynwald this week.

Mr Quayle says its currently not known yet whether being inoculated stops people from carrying and transmitting the infection.

He adds documentation around vaccinations is a 'global issue' to be considered:

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