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Health Minister: Moderate To High Risk Ireland's Coronavirus Outbreak Will Follow Similar Pattern To Italy And France

Rebecca Noonan
Rebecca Noonan

12:53 9 Mar 2020


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So far 21 cases have been confirmed here - which is relatively low when compared with other European countries.

Over 7,000 cases have been confirmed in Italy while over 1,000 have been confirmed in France and the same in Germany.

Simon Harris says there's a chance that could happen here too:

Health Minister: Moderate To High Risk Ireland's Coronavirus Outbreak Will Follow Similar Pattern To Italy And France

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Meanwhile Simon Harris says the coronavirus outbreak shouldn't be used by any party as leverage to get into government.

Talks are expected to continue this week in an attempt to form a coalition government - however little in the way of progress is expected.

The Health Minister admits discussions to form a new government need to step up a notch given the spread of the virus:

Health Minister: Moderate To High Risk Ireland's Coronavirus Outbreak Will Follow Similar Pattern To Italy And France

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