Prior to changes made at the end of March, just one symptom was necessary to become eligible for a test. Earlier this week, the testing criteria were slightly relaxed, with one symptom plus membership of a priority group making someone eligible for testing. GPs who spoke to The Irish Times this week said this had not resulted in a significant increase in testing referrals. At the end of March, doctors responding to the website were on average clinically diagnosing two cases per day, only one of which met the criteria to go forward for testing. On April 23rd, an average of 0.7 cases per day were being diagnosed across the GPBuddy network, of which 0.4 were being sent forward for testing.

Source: The Irish Times May 01, 2020 07:07 UTC