Residents who were already in isolation after returning to the island before border restrictions were eased can leave quarantine earlier - and get a refund of up to £90 on Covid tests.

The island moved from border level 4 to level 3 on May 1. One the same day the Covid isolation period for travellers was cut from 14 days to seven.

The Covid-19 isolation period was reduced to seven days on May 1, and the number of tests needed was reduced.

The number of Covid tests required was also reduced from three to two and the cost of each test cut from £50 to £30.

In Tynwald this week Speaker Juan Watterson said the rules were unfair as they didn’t apply retrospectively to people already in quarantine.

Chief Minister Howard Quayle said the general rule was not to make regulations retrospective.

He said there has to be a cut off and asked: ’Where do you draw the line?’

But members backed Mr Watterson’s amendment for an extension to the new regulations to those already isolating.