Schools in Waterford and Dublin seek advice over coronavirus after students return from Italy

Up to 81 teenage students from three Waterford schools have been indentified as “high risk” for the Coronavirus having returned from affected areas in Italy, it has been confirmed.

Update: The number of people to die as a result of the coronavirus in Italy has risen to 10.

Meanwhile, a school in Dublin has joined three schools in Waterford in saying that they had students abroad on school ski-trips over the midterm.