To test or not to test: Compromise helps manage numbers after clinics swamped

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To test or not to test: Compromise helps manage numbers after clinics swamped

Martin
Johnston
John Cameron
Auckland GP John Cameron says his practice is not swabbing people who have a simple upper respiratory tract infection in the community with no higher index of suspicion

DISSECTION

General practices were swamped by patients with minor colds as health authorities negotiated over who should be tested for COVID-19. Martin Johnston reports

First it was “test, test, test”, then it was test only the high-risk people, and now it’s a compromise built on clinical judgement and the promise of