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Covid-19: GPs prepare for Omicron wave

08:38 am on 15 February 2022

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Exhausted GP's are preparing themselves to be the first point of contact for every patient testing positive for Covid-19.

In greater Wellington the job of letting patients know if they have Covid-19, and providing advice, has now fallen to GP's.

Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners president Dr Samantha Murton says her clinic will now roster a doctor or nurse on weekends for phone checks.

She spoke to Susie Ferguson.