Covid-19: Chief Medical Officers call for closer collaboration between Ireland and the North

Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr Ronan Glynn and Northern Ireland's Chief Medical Officer, Dr Michael McBride. Picture: Colin Keegan /Alan Lewis

The Chief Medical Officers of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland advised people in both jurisdictions to avoid all but necessary journeys across the border. 

Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr Ronan Glynn, and Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland, Dr Michael McBride, said that closer collaboration was needed between the Republic and the North.