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Wales’ Six Nations clash with Scotland will go ahead as scheduled at the Principality Stadium on Saturday, Wales' Health Minister has said.

There has been mounting speculation that the fixture could be postponed because of the growing coronavirus outbreak.

This weekend’s two other Championsip matches - Italy-England and France-Ireland - have both been put off, probably until October.

Wales' friendly football international against the USA at the Cardiff City Stadium on March 30 has just been called off.

Other sporting events have been impacted and there are reports that Premier League football matches could be played behind closed doors

But Welsh Health Minister Vaughan Gething has said the Wales-Scotland game is still going ahead.

He made the comments at a press conference on Thursday afternoon.

The WRU’s policy is to do exactly as instructed by the qualified agencies and governments, with health experts making the call.

As such, the fixture will take place as planned this weekend. It will not be played behind closed doors. The match is a 74,000 sell-out.

It comes as the number of coronavirus cases in Wales has now, as of Thursday afternoon, increased to 25.