Northern Ireland is experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases, with 828 people having tested positive in the past 24 hours.

The 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 in the Republic is 114.3, while in the North it's 308.8.

But are restrictions in the six counties sufficient, and do we need an all-island approach?

Belfast-based freelance journalist Amanda Ferguson and Professor Sam McConkey, Infectious Disease Specialist at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, joined us to discuss this.