Chief medical officer defends State's refusal to name Dublin school closed due to coronavirus

The State’s chief medical officer, Dr Tony Holohan has defended the HSE’s handling of the country’s first confirmed case of the coronavirus which has forced the closure of a Dublin secondary school on infection control grounds.

More than 400 students of Scoil Chaitríona in Glasnevin, Co Dublin are today beginning two weeks off after public health officials ordered it to shut to prevent the spread of the disease.