The HSE has said that Ireland is "very well prepared" for a potential coronavirus outbreak, but that there have been no confirmed cases to date.
The virus has killed 170 people so far in China, while cases have also been confirmed in several other countries.
Priscilla Lynch, Clinical Editor of the Medical Independent, and Professor Sam McConkey, Head of the Department of International Health and Tropical Medicine at the RCSI, joined us to discuss the potential effects of an outbreak here.
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