Doctors waiting rooms will never be the same post-Covid-19, according to one of our biggest primary health organisations.
That is not a bad thing - the pandemic has taught us invaluable lessons about keeping our germs to ourselves even when we are waiting to see a doctor.
Dropping to alert level 2 at midnight will mean a return to more face to face doctors visits, with some GPs expecting a rush of patients who have ignored their aches and illnesses during lockdown and beyond.
ProCare oversees more than 170 practices in the Auckland region with over 800,00 registered patients.
Its Clinical Director Dr Allan Moffitt explains what a visit to the doctors will look like from Thursday.