Coronavirus may already be circulating in Ireland, but none picked up on tests - HSE

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27/02/2020 (L to R) Dr Kevin Kelleher, Assistant National Director Public Health & Child Health at the HSE & Sonya Cotter, Interim Head of Special Delivery Unit during a media Briefing on Covid-19, Seasonal Flu and Winter Plan at the HSE National Communications Division, Cornmarket,Dublin. Photo:Gareth Chaney/Collins

Eilish O'Regan

The coronavirus may already be circulating in Ireland but it has not been picked up on tests so far, HSE official Dr Kevin Kelleher said today.