People not registered with a GP are being told no doctor will turn them away if they phone in to ask about covid-19 symptoms.
It's thought thousands of people aren't registered with any GP, with up to 70 per cent of practices too busy to accept new patients in recent years.
Consultancy fees have been waived for people phoning in to ask about symptoms -- but clinics are extremely busy.
ICGP president Dr Mary Favier says they want to reassure people who don't already have a relationship with a doctor they will get help.
"The types of people we're most concerned about here are people who are often new to an area.
"They may be migrants to Ireland. They may have moved from home and may no longer have their family GP. Their GP may have retired, died, closed the practice.
"sometimes it's just younger people who want to change GP, and then lose contact with the general practitioner."
