Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A Wishaw woman was ordered to travel across the country for a Covid-19 test – despite having no virus symptoms.Vicky Gaughan contacted her doctor due to having a chest infection.But she was shocked to learn she would have to take a Covid test before being prescribed antibiotics and believes the whole process was a “waste of time”.Vicky said: “I called my doctor trying to get antibiotics for a chest infection that I have.
I have no other Covid symptoms, not even a high temperature.“However, I was told that I had to get a Covid test or the doctor wouldn’t prescribe the antibiotics.“I live five minutes down the road from Ravenscraig but was told there was.