GPs set up carpark clinics as coronavirus cases mount

Patients are being asked to stay in their cars to avoid transmission in waiting rooms

GPs are establishing makeshift drive-through coronavirus testing clinics in a bid to reduce the risk of transmission within their practices.

Dr Mukesh Haikerwal.

Former AMA president Dr Mukesh Haikerwal says he has begun performing swabs on patients with suspected COVID-19 in the carpark of his practice to avoid potentially exposing staff