A roundup of the week's developments

The week's coronavirus events broken down day-by-day

After seven days during which the Island entered lockdown, all schools and childcare providers went from fully open to fully closed and 274 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed, take a look back at how the week developed.

Monday 1 March

• Business as usual. After the previous Saturday's precautionary 'stay at home' message, testing on Sunday all returned negative results.
• All schools were open and there were no domestic restrictions.
• The advice from the Chief Minister was to be vigilant and continue practising good hygiene.
• At 4pm, two new cases were confirmed. One of these cases was of unknown origin.
• People who'd been at Close Leece Farm Cafe, La Mona Lisa Restaurant and Tesco at specific times were asked to be vigilant for Covid and self-isolate and call 111 if they developed symptoms.
• Late in the evening it transpired that further unexplained cases had been found, including in a student at St Ninian's High School.
• Government said the Chief Minister would announce a range of new measures in the morning.

Tuesday 2 March

• All schools remained open but attendance was not compulsory.
• The Chief Minister announced that a circuit break lockdown would be introduced from 00:01 on Wednesday.
• The House of Keys and Legislative Council met virtually for their sittings.
• At 4pm, eight new cases were confirmed of which: three were unexplained; one was an isolated traveller and four were close contacts of an existing cluster.

Wednesday 3 March

• The Island's third lockdown began.
• The construction industry would be allowed to continue operating.
• Schools would remain open for vulnerable children and those whose parents are key workers.
• Families of students in year seven at St Ninian's and QEII High Schools and years three and four at Ballasalla Primary School were asked to self-isolate immediately.
• At 4pm, 17 new cases were confirmed.
• The Director of Public Health said the Island was experiencing widespread community transmission of the virus.
• Anyone who'd been at an event at the Hydro Hotel on Friday 26 February was asked to self-isolate.

Thursday 4 March

• At 4pm, 36 new cases were confirmed.
• 40 people aged 5 - 19 with Covid-19, making up one third of the active cases at the time.
• People who'd been to The Bridge Inn in Laxey at specific times on Saturday 27 February were asked to self-isolate.
• Government announced all schools and childcare facilities would close to all pupils on Friday.

Friday 5 March

• Schools did not open. The Education Minister said schools were fuelling the virus.
• Parts of the construction sector were told to stop working for at least two weeks.
• Some Primary Care services were suspended.
• Chief Constable Gary Roberts told Manx Radio police were 'thin on the ground' with over 50 officers self-isolating.
• At 4pm, 59 new cases were confirmed.

Saturday 6 March

• Cervical screenings resumed.
• At 4pm, 71 new cases, were confirmed.
• There was a plea from Government to continue keeping children at home.

Sunday 7 March

• An announcement from Government confirmed schools would remain closed on Monday 8 March.
• The figures, published at 6pm, confirmed 81 new cases of the virus had been identified in 24 hours.
• The Chief Minister said this was not the peak, and the impact of lockdown should start to be seen in the coming days.