The Taoiseach is cutting his St Patrick's visit to the United States short, due to the coronavirus.

Leo Varadkar was due to kick off his visit to the US in New York tomorrow.

However, that has been canceled to allow him to stay in Ireland and deal with the Coronavirus.

Leo Varadkar will now travel to Washington directly on Wednesday.

He is scheduled to meet Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday.

At the moment, there are 21 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland.