GPs express doubts about influenza surveillance during COVID-19 emergency

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GPs express doubts about influenza surveillance during COVID-19 emergency

Martin

Johnston

mjohnston@nzdoctor.co.nz

Tuesday 24 March 2020, 02:38 PM

GPs are expressing uncertainty about the future of this season’s swab-based influenza-like illness surveillance programme in primary care

“As we cannot tell the difference between COVID and influenza, it would mean doing a full PPE for all influenza surveillance swabs. Not sure if this w

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