Emergency team to meet on coronavirus in light of Tenerife hotel lockdown and Dublin school advisory

Ireland's National Public Health Emergency Team will meet this afternoon to discuss the increased number of coronavirus cases in Italy.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that there are a "number of Irish nationals staying in the area" where a hotel in Tenerife that has been placed in quarantine due to coronavirus.

Meanwhile, the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) is set to meet later today.