Border rules leave those with J+J vaccines in 'limbo'

RoI resident says Manx rules are unfair

Concerns have been raised that some fully vaccinated people are being left in 'limbo' by new border rules.

For the first time since March 2020 people who've had two Oxford-AstraZeneca, Pfizer or Moderna jabs can now travel freely to the Isle of Man.

Dubbed the 2 + 2 pathway they do not have to self-isolate or undergo testing.

However those who've had the Johnson & Johnson vaccine are not eligible to do the same.  

Audrey Curtis, lives in the Republic of Ireland, and is a regular visitor to Manx shores - she says the current rules don't seem fair as people aren't allowed to choose the vaccine they have: