
It comes as a Westmeath student tested negative to coronavirus yesterday.
Health officials are to contact anyone who was on a recent flight from Italy to Dublin and who may have been exposed to coronavirus.
It's after the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Northern Ireland last night.
Passengers who were sitting within two rows of the individual are considered to be most at risk.
It's believed the patient was a women travelling with a child.
It's after a student in Castlepollard Community College in Westmeath also tested negative to the virus yesterday.
The HSE's Dr. Kevin Kelleher says there is a real concern that people who have symptoms won't contact health officials: