Chief Minister to hold Covid-19 media briefing

Chief Minister to lead media briefing at 6pm

The chief minister will hold a Covid-19 media briefing today (Sunday) to discuss developments around a new Coronavirus variant. 

Alfred Cannan will lead the conference at 6pm. 

It follows the detection of cases of Omicron in the United Kingdom and comes after the Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced further restrictions there. 

Earlier today the Isle of Man's National Covid Response Group met as well as the Council of Ministers. 

There will be a COVID-19 briefing at 6pm this evening led by the @iomcm @alfredcannan covering developments around the #OmicronVariant. You can watch online at 👇 https://t.co/Tr3Af103yv https://t.co/Cuk7sz7w7y

— Isle of Man Government (@IOMGovernment) November 28, 2021

You can listen live to the briefing via Manx Radio's AM and FM frequencies and follow a live blog via our website. 

You'll also be able to watch the conference via Facebook or YouTube: