Significant number of people brought virus back to Ireland from abroad

A small but significant number of people who were infected with the coronavirus abroad are among those testing positive, figures reveal.

So far they account for 351 cases of the disease and in the last six weeks some 183 people who picked up the infection out of Ireland were found to have the infection after being tested here.

Foreign transmission was the main source of infection in the early days of the spread of the virus here as people returned from skiing holidays in Italy and Austria in March.

It comes as it emerged that the Irish police are to be given powers to check up on passengers arriving into Ireland from overseas under new restrictions being considered by the Government.

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