After an unprecedented year, we asked people if the pandemic had changed any of their habits or attitudes going into 2021.

Do people find themselves washing their hands more often, or are they still wary about crowded places?

Alan Kerriage, 59, Douglas, said: ’I am more aware of people around me, and I am a little bit more wary of how close people get - things like that.’

Asked about when he would travel again, he said: ’I wouldn’t travel without [taking] the vaccine, no - and I’d be happier if everyone else had taken it as well.’

Sharon Halsall, 67, from Onchan, had to shield for 12 weeks earlier this year because of underlying health issues. She told us: ’I am still fearful. I certainly wouldn’t be going to the UK anytime soon, put it that way.

’I don’t really feel unsafe, I mean I go to the shops etc.

’I’m not a big socialiser but I have been to bars, just not very often.

’I still think that people don’t understand social distancing - I know we don’t have to over here - but I think generally people don’t really respect your personal space.’

David Evans, 74, Douglas, said: ’Certainly because of me and my wife’s age, we have to be careful - we’ve only just started going back to Costa.

’We are very careful not to mix too much.’

As for changes to their lifestyle, he said: ’We miss our holiday, we usually go to the Lake District every year, so we had to give that a miss - but that’s not the end of the world.’

He added that it would be ’quite a while yet’ before they’d be comfortable travelling again, with the uncertainty over how long it will take for the vaccine to be rolled out.

Emma Morter, 21, Laxey, told us that her habits had not really changed much, explaining: ’I was pretty good with washing my hands to start with anyway, so I just carried on.

’And over here, we’re kind of back to normal aren’t we - so it doesn’t bother me if I go to the cinema and it’s full.

’I’m not that wary of it any more. There was 12 weeks [after restrictions ended] when it was a bit weird and then it was back to everyday life’.

Peter Dickinson, 74, Ballasalla, said his habits had changed a lot because of the pandemic, explaining: ’I used to go into The Caff [cafe in Douglas] every day before March, and I’ve only just started going in again now - but I think it [the virus] is going to come over here again, so we haven’t been in today.’

He added that he doesn’t have the most confidence in the border restrictions, saying: ’You’re not telling me everyone’s going into isolation [when they arrive] - and the jet skier got in, didn’t he.’

He also talked about how it was ’automatic’ now for him to go to distance himself when he walks past people in the street, having gotten used to it earlier during 2020.

David Eames, 61, Peel, said: ’No, I’m not wary of being in a crowded pub and I don’t really wash my hands any more than I used to.

’When you have dogs and cats at home, you wash your hands before handling food and stuff all the time anyway.’

The pandemic has only affected his family because they travel to the UK regularly and he said that they will be travelling over as soon as the quarantine restrictions upon return are lifted.

He continued: ’On the island we’re living life as normal, it’s only when you need to get off that it’s a problem.

’It’s almost like a different world isn’t it?’

Imogen Eames, 11, told us: ’I keep forgetting about it [Covid-19], that it’s an actual thing.

’Since the island’s safe it feels like Covid is not a thing anymore - but it is.’