Covid cases in Cork school not a cluster, public health experts say

No outbreak in Cork town where three cases of coronavirus confirmed

Public health experts said the Covid cases reported in Coláiste Choilm, Ballincollig were unconnected and, therefore, are not a sign of an outbreak. File Picture: Denis Minihane

Public health experts have ruled out a Covid-19 outbreak in a Cork town after a fourth case of the virus was confirmed in a third school in the town.

It comes as a school in Kildare was advised to close after a cluster of cases were confirmed at Scoil na Mainistreach, in Celbridge.