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New Covid-19 cases sparked by Steam Packet employee

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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