在愛爾蘭西部已確認有另外4例冠狀病毒病例，使愛爾蘭島的病例總數達到9宗。
兩男兩女患者均自意大利北部同一災區回來。
衛生部首席醫療官Tony Holohan說：“今晚我們可以確認愛爾蘭目前有6例Covid-19病例。這4宗新病例的聯繫人士追踪正在進行中。”
霍洛漢博士還表示，沒有理由取消在都柏林舉行的聖帕特里克節遊行，該遊行吸引了來自世界各地的數十萬遊客。
他說：“從目前的情況來看，根據我們的評估，我們認為聖帕特里克節遊行沒有任何問題。”
Four more cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the west of Ireland, bringing the total number of cases on the island of Ireland to nine.
The patients, two male and two female, are all associated with travel from the same affected area in northern Italy.
Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer with the Department of Health, said: “Tonight we can confirm there are now six cases of Covid-19 in Ireland. Contact tracing is under way for these four new cases.”
Dr Holohan also said there was no reason to cancel the St Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin, which attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists from around the world.
He said: “As things stand and on the basis of our assessment, we see no implications for the St Patrick’s Day parade.”
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