Two nursing homes confirm coronavirus cases in south-east

Chief executive of Nursing Homes Ireland, Tadhg Daly, said every effort must be made to ensure the disease stays out of the facilities. File picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Covid-19 cases have been confirmed at two nursing homes in the south-east in the past 24 hours.

A staff member at Mooncoin Residential Care Centre in south Kilkenny has tested positive, as well as a person at Kerlogue Nursing Home in county Wexford.