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A staff member at Mullingar's Midland Regional Hospital has tested positive for coronavirus.
Frontline employees were called to a meeting yesterday afternoon and were informed of the news by management.
It's believed the male member of staff is not being treated on the hospital campus and is in self-isolation at home.
Meanwhile, a number of nursing homes across the county have implemented new directions over visitor restrictions in an attempt to contain a virus which yesterday claimed the life of its first victim.
The elderly woman had an underlying condition which was terminal and died yesterday at Naas General Hospital.
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