GP’s are referring on average one person a day to get Covid tested. Stock imageGP practices are referring on average one person a day to get tested for Covid-19, according to a Dublin GP collating data on the referrals. This is down from an average of 8-10 patients a day at Christmas time. Speaking on RTÉ Radio 1’s Morning Ireland, Rathfarnham GP, Dr Shane McKeogh, who is also the founder of GP Buddy, a website that collates and shares this information between practices, said this decrease is very good news. “At Christmas, GP’s were referring on average 8-10 patients a day to Covid testing and that’s been coming down with the very serious restrictions following the level 5 guidelines, and the approximate number that GP’s are referring is now one case a day, so that’s good,” he said.

Source: Irish Independent February 15, 2021 08:57 UTC