Online system for arranging coronavirus tests crashes on first day before being replaced

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The public are urged to contact their GP to seek a test only if they have symptoms.

AN NEW ONLINE system for GPs to arrange Covid-19 tests crashed earlier today due to being “overburdened”, before later being repaired.

“This morning the Healthlink system, which is the system that we’ve been advising GP to make electronic referrals failed, a critical piece of our infrastructure within it failed. That’s now being replaced and we will be live around now,” the HSE’s Anne O’Connor told RTÉ’s News at One. It was confirmed last week that testing criteria is to be expanded, with anyone showing symptoms of the virus being asked to self-isolate and to contact their GP to assess whether they should be tested.

 

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