'They think pandemic is over': GP says people are shunning Covid tests

Dr Edel McGinnity, who runs a busy practice in Mulhuddart in Dublin, said there was great frustration among GPs in relation to patients who are declining tests even though they are displaying symptoms of the virus. File picture

A GP says it is "extraordinarily difficult" to get patients to go for Covid tests, with some members of the public now under the false impression the Covid 19 pandemic is a thing of the past.

Dr Edel McGinnity, who runs a busy practice in Mulhuddart in Dublin, said there was great frustration among GPs in relation to patients who are declining tests even though they are displaying symptoms of the virus.