Coronavirus: Ireland-Italy rugby match likely to be called off
(WorldNews Health)

The St Patrick´s Day festival and other public events may face restrictions as a result of public health measures likely to force postponement of the Ireland-Italy rugby international next month. The measures, introduced to counter the rising threat posed by the worldwide coronavirus outbreak, are likely to mean restrictions on people travelling from the most affected regions to events in Ireland. With 2,500 Italian rugby fans due to travel in Dublin, the match scheduled to take place on March 7th was viewed as particularly high risk given outbreaks of the disease across northern Italy in recent days. `No one wants to see mass events cancelled,...