The risk of coronavirus cases occurring here remains moderate and Ireland is well prepared for any outbreak, according to the Health Service Executive. HSE officials said there have been no confirmed or suspected cases of the virus in Ireland, though a number of people have received precautionary care. “You are extremely unlikely to catch novel coronavirus from someone in Ireland,” Joe Ryan, HSE national director of services, told a briefing on Thursday. If there were a large number of cases, patients would be cohorted in wards, under the plans made by the health service. Winter fluMeanwhile, flu levels in Ireland rose unexpectedly last week, as cases of the B strain of the virus became more prominent.

Source: The Irish Times January 30, 2020 18:24 UTC