Two Irish citizens on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship off the coast of Japan have tested positive for coronavirus, known as Covid-19, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs, while four more Irish citizens remain on board the vessel.

Cillian De Gascun, chair of the Coronavirus Expert Advisory Group at the Department of Health's National Public Health Emergency Team and Director of the National Virus Reference Laboratory at UCD gives Newstalk Breakfast an update on the latest.