MHK to put genome tracing under HoK spotlight

Keys questions to come after Tynwald sitting

Genome tracing - and Covid-19 - will be under the House of Keys spotlight today. 

Ramsey MHK Lawrie Hooper will ask the health and social care minister about turnaround times following a positive PCR test result.

Genomic testing is currently carried out by Liverpool Genomics despite calls by some for it to be done on-Island. 

But David Ashford told Manx Radio there is no reason to change this approach:

Before the House of Keys begins, there's to be an extraordinary of Tynwald sitting, which has been called for 10am.

Included on the order paper is a Covid-19 statement from the Chief Minister Howard Quayle.

John Moss reports:

The Legislative Council is set to sit virtually at 10:30 tomorrow morning.