Irishman who went to Cheltenham Festival tests positive for coronavirus

A man based in the south of the country who travelled to the UK for the Cheltenham racing festival has tested positive for COVID-19.

The man only displayed mild symptoms and has not required a hospital admission. However, he is observing strict self isolation.More than 20,000 Irish horse racing enthusiasts attended the Cheltenham festival a fortnight ago. Hundreds of million of euro of betting occurs at the events in the Cotswolds.

It is not know where the man contacted Covid 19. His home in Ireland is in relative proximity to two known clusters of virus detections of Covid 19. He is one of 785 Covid 19 cases diagnosed so far in Ireland. 42% of cases arose from community transmission while 35 % are linked to travel abroad.Meanwhile, Ireland has ramped up its testing facilities.

Naval ship testing will be carried out from this week in Dublin, Cork and Galway. The testing will be carried out on shore with the vessels acting as support bases.

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