A Donegal GP has rowed in behind calls for local St. Patrick Day Parade celebrations to be cancelled as concerns over the coronavirus heighten.
A decision will be made in the next 24 – 48 hours on whether or not next week’s events nationwide will come to a halt.
Dr Jimmy McDaid says a week is a long time in terms of potential new cases presenting to hospitals around the country.
He says the spread of the virus, in particularly community transmissions, are inevitable:
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