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).

Covid-19 in numbers.

As coronavirus continues to dominate world news and Ireland waits to see how extensively it spreads here, plans for travel over the next few months looks uncertain.

A second case of coronavirus (Covid-19) was

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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.

The outbreak of the new coronavirus has been described as “an emerging, rapidly evolving situation” by the HSE's Health Protection Surveillance Centre.

The likelihood of a case of the new coronavirus emerging in Ireland is “quite low”, the director of the HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre has said.

Dr John Cuddihy said Ireland had no direct flights to Wuhan in China where the outbreak is thought to have originated.

Kildare man Ben Kavanagh, who is working as a teacher in the Chinese city of Wuhan, has told of the precautions people are taking to avoid contracting the coronavirus.

The message is being highlighted on European Antibiotic Awareness Day today.

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.

The Children’s Medical Research Foundation based at Our Lady’s children’s hospital in Crumlin, Dublin, has has committed to funding research into tuberculosis, which kills a quarter of a million children each year.

Italy's health ministry has ordered an investigation into the death of a four-year-old girl from malaria after checks determined she had not travelled to any country at risk of the disease.

A pregnant woman is among the seven people identified as being infected with the zika virus in Spain after visiting affected countries.

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.

The Department of Agriculture has identified the Schmallenberg virus in a bovine foetus submitted for autopsy from a farm in Co Cork.

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

With E.coli posing a threat on our beaches and in our water supply, we must take action, writes Tony Lowes

Bathing water at contaminated beaches in Cork had nearly four times the permitted EU level of the E.coli bacteria, which if ingested can cause severe vomiting, diarrhoea, and in some cases even death.