Two people in Italy have died from coronavirus in the space of 24 hours.
An outbreak there has prompted a lockdown in several small towns near Milan.
They're the first reported European victims of the disease, while the number of global deaths are now at over 2,300.
Meanwhile, two Irish citizens are among 30 passengers from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship to have landed at a UK military base.
They'll spend the next two weeks in quarantine at a specialist facility near Liverpool, after being evacuated from Japan.
An Irish singer who was on the Diamond Princess has been evacuated to Australia.
Rebecca Harkin and her boyfriend will spend two weeks in Darwin. She says they are both healthy and safe.
Anyone who has travelled to or passed through nine Asian countries, including China or Japan, is being asked not to donate blood for four weeks.
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service says it's taking precautionary steps to stop the spread of the illness.
