Government has released a three-part framework for the Isle of Man’s exit strategy from Covid-19 restrictions.

The document outlines the stages the Council of Ministers expects the island to move through as the vaccine roll out increases the island's defences.

The approach currently anticipates that there will be no major changes to the island’s border position before the end of April 2021.The framework also provides some more clarity for the island’s tourism and travel sector, as it provides an indicative date for ‘Phase Three – Release’ to start from the end of August 2021.

Chief Minister Howard Quayle MHK commented: ‘All of our current focus is quite rightly on the immediate situation and the elimination of the virus in our community so that we can once again enjoy island life free of restrictions. We cannot however ignore the longer term and if anything, the current pressures are a reminder that we cannot sustain this strategy for the long term. Over the last couple of months much work has been going on to produce this longer term approach document.’

More in this week’s Manx Independent.