Two people in Sark, one of the smallest Channel Islands, test positive for Covid
The Government of Sark said both patients were doing well and were self-isolating.recorded its first known case of the virusAt the time, the first person to test positive - a traveller on a cargo ship - was not thought to have had any contact with others on the island.
That brought an end to social distancing requirements, mandatory mask-wearing, limits to the sizes of gatherings and restrictions on businesses - leaving only its border controls in place. About 20 individuals with links to three premises on the island were tested but none of them were positive.Until 2008, Sark was governed by a hereditary seigneur, a chief judge, a group of feudal landowners and 12 elected deputiesThere are no cars or streetlights, with tractors and bicycles the preferred means of transportAndre Gardes, an unemployed nuclear physicist from France, attempted a one-man invasion of the island in 1990.
Inquiries into the contacts of the two people who tested positive are continuing, the government said.
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