Confusion as COVID cases escalate - Phase shift brings new challenges and a ‘red letter’

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Confusion as COVID cases escalate - Phase shift brings new challenges and a ‘red letter’

2 March 2022

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Wednesday 2 March 2022, 03:25 AM

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GPs were preparing for a hard slog coping with COVID-19 cases in the community [Captsone Events on Unsplash]

As the country was about to move into phase 3 of the Omicron outbreak, Fiona Cassie looked back at general practices’ experience of the earlier phase shift

The ministry needs to be learning from the on-the-ground feedback and responding to that very, very rapidly As Omicron cases escalated around the, Stephanie Taylor PPE 2022, Green Cross GP and clinical director Stephanie Taylor says the rollout of rapid antigen tests became a “dog’s breakfast” [Supplied]

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