No cruise holiday returnees tested positive for coronavirus.

A breakdown on the travel history of positive Covid-19 cases has been revealed in a written reply to a House of Keys question.

It shows only 48 cases are recorded as having travel as the nature of transmission.

Of those arriving in the island before the border closure on March 27, 17 had been away on short breaks of less than seven days and 25 had been travelling or on longer holiday.

None had returned from cruise holidays.

Two of the positive cases were returning students, two had travelled for work and one was a patient transfer hospital appointment.

After the border lockdown, only one arrival tested positive for the virus and they were a healthcare worker with an exemption certificate.

The total number of cases with a travel history is 66.

But due to symptom timelines or other members of the household already having tested positive for the virus, only 48 cases are recorded as having travel as the nature of transmission.

A breakdown of the 66 cases shows before the border closure, 27 had been on short breaks, 30 on longer holidays, none were cruise ship returnees, and two each were returning students, business travellers and patient transfers.

After the lockdown, two were patient transfers and one was the healthcare worker with the exemption certificate.

The figures were released by Policy and Reform Minister Ray Harmer in response to his predecessor Chris Thomas.

Details of the exemptions issued have also been released in response to a Keys question from Arbory, Castletown and Malew MHK Jason Moorhouse.

They show 129 exemptions had been issued to key workers for applications made up to June 24 and 190 had been issued for patient transfers.

repatriation

A total of 459 certificates were granted in relation to repatriation of island residents, 42 are listed under contractual obligation and 332 were issued on compassionate grounds - 208 to island residents and 124 to non-island residents.

The figures show a significant number of certificates were issued on May 27 (165) and June 5 (720).

In his written reply, Chief Minister Howard Quayle explained that the spike in numbers on May 27 was due to a change in the number of repatriated passengers allowed per week. He said the increase in numbers on June 5 was due to the change in policy which allowed home quarantine with other members of the returnee’s family.