22.03 15/05/2020Family overjoyed after 'warrior' grandmother (94) recovers from six week coronavirus battleExpand Close Máire Walsh (94) beat the coronavirus. A further 129 new confirmed cases have also been announced, bringing the total confirmed number of cases in the Republic to 23,956. Meanwhile, the Slovenian government called an official end to its coronavirus epidemic, becoming the first European country to do so, after authorities confirmed less than seven new coronavirus cases each day for the past two weeks. The country of 2 million people, which borders Italy, Austria, Hungary and Croatia, has so far reported 1,464 coronavirus cases and 103 deaths. The National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) yesterday agreed to move into phase one of the plan to reopen the country.

Source: Irish Independent May 15, 2020 17:50 UTC