Warning: Coronavirus treatments will fail unless GPs receive positive test alerts
Dr Mukesh Haikerwal says GPs need to know straight away if a patient is positive so they can start treatment in the recommended five days
Practices need to be alerted when a patient tests positive for COVID-19 to ensure at-risk patients receive treatment straight away, says a leading GP.
Dr Mukesh Haikerwal is reissuing his warning that eligible patients will slip through the net unless GPs are told of their positive status immediately.
According to updated guidelines on COVID-19 treatments published earlier this week, three new primary care therapy options must be administered within five days of symptom onset.
These include two antiviral tablets — nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) and molnupiravir (Lagevrio) — that are conditionally recommended for unvaccinated adults with comorbidities.
