EU fishermen who land in Irish ports are exempt from restrictions that normally apply to anyone coming into the country, the Department of Health said tonight.

Travel restrictions and mandatory isolation measures are consistent with World Health Guidelines and that we should implement such measures as a matter of urgency.

Border closures will not be effective in delaying the spread of Covid-19 according to an expert at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).

Up to 10 people who attended an event in Co Clare last month, have been ‘required' to self-isolate after it was confirmed that a person with the Covid-19 virus was also in the audience.

Irish people are being advised not to travel to certain parts of Italy due to an outbreak of the coronavirus.

A leading intensive care consultant has warned that there are not enough ICU beds in the country’s hospitals in the event of an outbreak of the coronavirus in Ireland.

Ireland and other EU countries have been told to be on alert for possible cases of the coronavirus.

A HSE spokeswomen, while not confirming any details relating to the incident, said yesterday that they have a "protocol in place" to activate any plan at ports of entry into Ireland.

Many more people in Europe are likely to contract novel coronavirus that causes serious lung disease, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has warned.

One of the worrying trends in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is that medicines to treat diseases transmissable between animals and humans, such as campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis, are becoming less effective.

European authorities play down risks as Obama calls for rapid development of tests and vaccines

Every day 1,000 people throughout Europe develop tuberculosis, with one expert claiming that multi-drug resistant TB continues to “ravage” the region.

Antibiotic resistance is a serious threat to public health in Europe, leading to increased healthcare costs, prolonged hospital stays and sometimes death, according to new figures.

A case of dengue fever has been reported in England, the Health Protection Agency said.

Ukraine’s Euro 2012 tournament director Markiyan Lubkivskyi today downplayed fears over a measles outbreak in the country.

A DEADLY E coli outbreak that has so far claimed about 40 lives bucked previous trends by affecting mainly women instead of pre-school children, new research has found.

ABOUT 4% of the population have been infected with swine flu, the country’s public health watchdog has confirmed. And it looks as if the initial wave of the pandemic has peaked, the Health Protection Surveillance Centres said.

A MAJOR medical monitoring group has claimed 80,000 Europeans could die from swine flu in the coming months, naming Ireland as one of the EU’s hotspots for the deadly pandemic.

MORE then a million Irish people can expect to get swine flu this autumn and up to 2,500 could die as a result, according to the latest report from the European Centre for Disease Control.

EU health ministers are expected to ban flights to Mexico in the wake of the swine flu outbreak at their emergency meeting today.

MORE stringent control measures may be needed in hospitals and nursing homes following the emergence of a new “hyper-virulent” strain of the potentially deadly C difficile bug.

EUROPE could face an increase in outbreaks of diseases carried by insects and rodents as the climate on the continent becomes hotter and wetter, health experts said yesterday.

The European Commission was urged today to step up efforts across Europe to fight hospital superbugs.

It will take at least two years before the European Union is fully ready to deal with a flu pandemic, the union's disease control agency in Stockholm said today.