Group of Queen's University students deemed 'high-risk' will undergo period of isolation after student tested positive for coronavirus
The Queen's University Belfast student had recently returned from northern Italy and had been mixing with others at university.
The other adult had been in contact with someone in the UK who had tested positive for Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the virus."At this moment there is no need to close anything or halt any particular activities," he said."And we will make decisions in the university in line with what we need to do to protect society in Northern Ireland and more widely in these islands.
"There will be a helpline [on Thursday] and I will be meeting with the particular school where this occurred later to have an opportunity to discuss this with the students and the staff," he said. Four new cases were confirmed in the Republic of Ireland on Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases there to six.Ireland's deputy chief medical officer Dr Ronan Glynn maintained there was"still no evidence of widespread or sustained community transmission in Ireland, as seen in some other EU countries"., which is at the centre of the European outbreak.
Northern Ireland's chief medical officer Dr Michael McBride said the latest two patients were receiving the appropriate care and officials were working to identify anyone they had come into contact with.
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