St Patrick's Day celebrations and flights to and from Belfast have been cancelled today in the midst of Coronavirus fears.

The Public Health Agency held a briefing on Tuesday afternoon just one day after Health Minister Robin Swann warned the public that "the indications are that it is likely to get much more challenging before we are through the worst of the situation [in Northern Ireland]".

He said: "This is not going to get any easier anytime soon. We can expect significant ongoing increases in the numbers of people testing positive for Covid-19 in Northern Ireland."

Mr Swann added that as of 9am on Monday March 9, 222 tests have been completed in Northern Ireland, and while the majority of these tests returned negative, 12 came back positive.

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