Photo: Aidan Crawley/PA WireIreland has suffered its biggest rise yet in new cases of the coronavirus in 24 hours with 191 another infected. 84 cases are associated with healthcare workers, 28 of whom are associated with foreign travel. Dublin has the highest number of cases at 172, followed by Cork (62) and Limerick (14). Dr Breda Smyth, Director of Public Health Medicine, HSE; “Healthcare workers are at the frontline of this pandemic. “Every single day there is another industry that I didn’t think was going to be affected yesterday is affected today.

Source: Irish Independent March 19, 2020 18:27 UTC