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1 in 9 GPs infected with COVID in the past two months

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Felicity Nelson

Science journalist; strategy consultant

GPs are getting knocked out by covid infections for days or weeks at a time, creating spillover work for their already-burned-out colleagues and longer wait times for patients.

A Healthed survey of around 500 GPs suggests that 12% of GPs caught covid in the last two months.

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1 in 9 GPs infected with COVID in the past two months

Felicity Nelson

GPs are getting knocked out by covid infections for days or weeks at a time, creating spillover work for their already-burned-out colleagues and longer wait times for patients.

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1 in 9 GPs infected with COVID in the past two months

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GPs are getting knocked out by covid infections for days or weeks at a time, creating spillover work for their already-burned-out colleagues and longer wait times for patients.

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