Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn is to discuss the increased incidence rates of Covid-19 in Co Donegal with his Northern Ireland counterpart as well as reducing travel between the two jurisdictions.
Level 3 restrictions aimed at bringing the spread of the virus under control will come into effect for all of Donegal from midnight tonight.
The county now has the highest rate of Covid-19 in the country, with the Stranorlar/Lifford electoral area recording an incidence rate of 336 cases per 100,000 of the population.
42 of the 324 new cases of Covid-19 notified to the Department of Health yesterday were in Donegal.
Derry and Strabane have the highest rates of the virus in Northern Ireland.
Under Level 3 restrictions, people in Donegal are asked not to leave the county.
Last night, Taoiseach Micheál Martin spoke with the first and deputy first ministers of Northern Ireland about a need for policy to reduce travel between the two jurisdictions except for work, education or other exempted reasons.
Dr Ronan Glynn has said the virus does not care about borders and that it is not surprising there are similarly high levels in these areas.
Dr Glynn and his counterpart, Dr Michael McBride, will discuss a coordinated approach today.
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