No 'legal' lockdown - Chief Minister

Saturday, 27 February 2021 15:12

By Leanne Cooke @leannelily18

For now, no 'legal lockdown' will be implemented across the Island.

That's the latest from Chief Minister Howard Quayle who spoke in today's Covid-19 press briefing.

It comes following an announcement the Island has two confirmed, positive cases which cannot currently be linked to the current cluster.

Officials say as they are unable at this stage to link either of these cases to a known transmission chain – or to each other – they must conclude that it is possible that the virus is circulating in the community, at what level they cannot be certain.

Further information is expected to be released at some point tomorrow.

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