The Manx Independent continues to give readers in-depth coverage of the coronavirus crisis in this week’s newspaper.
We report the latest on the lockdown - and what ministers are considering now.
The first residents to be allowed back on Manx soil since the lockdown returned yesterday.
We explain their situation and how they’ll be kept in quarantine.
Also this week:
Four are jailed for breaking lockdown orders. We say who they are.
The government has taken over the running of a Covid-hit private care home where up to 20 staff and residents have tested positive for the virus.
The community is pulling together in Sulby. Just days after the village shop shut, the pub is now selling essentials to villagers.
Life is very different for restaurateurs in lockdown. So they’re having to adapt. Business editor Duncan Foulkes has been finding out how they’ve geared up to deliver meals to their customers.
In our food and farming pages, we see how coronavirus has affected farmers Alan and Rachel Teare in Andreas and Andy Cooper, general secretary of the Manx NFU, urges us to eat local but do so thoughtfully.
Donors are being urged to keep giving blood as normal during the pandemic.
A community group of stitchers is helping health and care workers in the island by creating free drawstring bags and sanitary clothing.
Two very different men have died. We have a tribute to poet Jeff Garland and remember what made former Braddan Commissioners clerk Buster Lewin so colourful.
There could be changes for the Manx language primary school Bunscoill Ghaelgagh as the government could take over.
An 80-year-old has died after his car plunged down a cliff on the Marine Drive.
The Guild - or Manx Music Festival - is one of the highlights of the island year. And organisers won’t let the pandemic get in the way. Our Island Life entertainment section finds out about plans to keep it going despite the lockdown.
The Manx Independent also has a great sports section, your letters, What’s On, a page of puzzles, a page of pictures from the past, readers’ photos, a seven-day television guide and lots of community news.
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