Lunchtime Lowdown: All The Latest Coronavirus Updates In One Place

Here are today's latest updates on Coronavirus in one handy place that you can digest over your lunch break. Click on the links to bring you to whatever stories you want to read!

• An emergency bill would give the Health Minister the power to seal off parts of the country hit by covid-19 infection. 

• Fianna Fáil calls on banks to freeze all commercial loans

• Italy's death toll passes 2,500

• All McDonald's in UK & Ireland to close seating areas

• The Taoiseach says older people and those with a long term illness will be advised at some point to cocoon themselves for several weeks

• Neil Prendeville speaks to Paul Byrne about criminals who will be busy at work targeting closed premises and to encourage people to up security

• 30,000 coronavirus testing kits will be delivered to Ireland tomorrow

• The Finance Minister is meeting with bank chiefs today to discuss how the sector is responding to the crisis.

• Dr Richard Hogan, Clinical Director of the Therapy Institute and Psychotherapist speaks to Neil Prendeville about how people can mind their mental health during the Covid-19 Pandemic outbreak

• Huge drop in trolley numbers in Irish hospitals

• Sinn Fein TD for Cork South Central, Donnchadh O' Laoghaire speaks to Neil Prendeville about rent freezes, the banks and mortgages

• There are calls for the Leaving Certificate and college examinations to be deferred

• Katie is a Corkonian in China at the moment and chats to Neil Prendeville about the updated situation on Coronavirus.

• BBC's suspends filming of Eastenders, Casualty, Holby City and Doctors until further notice

• Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are meeting for the first of three days of policy talks today.

• This year's Glastonbury Festival has been cancelled due to Coronavirus.

• Promoter Peter Aiken has confirmed to RedFM News that he is closely monitoring the situation as speculation mounts about Live at the Marquee

• Neil Prendeville speaks to Audrey who is on holiday in Benidorm and has nowhere to go between her hotel closing down and her flight home tomorrow

• Zara closes 3,800 stores globally

• Northern Ireland's Education Minister says one of the main reasons to keep schools open - is the impact on parents who are frontline workers.

• People are being advised to stop drinking alcohol completely or limit their intake while isolated at home during the coronavirus outbreak.