Crew member was index case
New Covid-19 cases on the Isle of Man were sparked by a Steam Packet employee.
That’s according to the Chief Minster who has confirmed that the seven new cases are part of a ‘single cluster’.
Howard Quayle says they have a ‘clear and identified train of transmission’ back to the index case.
Mr Quayle provided a timeline of how events unfolded:
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