Doctors are pleading with people who suspect they may have coronavirus to stay home and seek help over the phone rather than visit medical centres.
Doctors say they will have to close entire clinics if people infect them or their staff.
Medical Association chair Kate Baddock said the woman did almost everything wrong in getting treatment. "We all need to be very, very thoughtful about where we've been, who we've been in contact with, what symptoms we have and not just turn up to medical centres." Dr Baddock said the risk to medical centre staff and other patients was huge. "If a practice gets contaminated because somebody comes in with coronavirus and precautions aren't taken because they are at risk and haven't identified themselves as a risk to the practice, then there is a risk that every single person they've been in touch with may need to stand down for two weeks. "A practice just has to close down and that's an incredibly costly thing to have to do in terms of healthcare."
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