People crossing the border advised to exercise Covid caution

Dr Tony Holohan met with his counterpart in the North, Michael McBride, to discuss the Covid-19 situation on an all-island basis. Picture: Colin Keegan/Collins

People travelling between the Republic and the North should be alert to the risk of Covid-19 variants, the chief medical officers on both sides of the border have said.

The number of probable or confirmed cases of the Delta variant of Covid-19 sequenced in the North has now risen to 254, up from 111 last week, according to the Public Health Agency NI.