[arethuza]

NHS advice is not to go to hospital or a GP's surgery if you suspect you have it but to self isolate, get in touch with them and take it from there:

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

Edit: It also occurs to me that if she is from a wealthy family perhaps she tried to use private healthcare - which would be definitely be the wrong thing to do in an emergency situation.

[makomk]

The NHS's approach to testing definitely isn't perfect, but it seems to be fairly well thought out and relatively aggressive. They don't want people going to hospitals or GP surgeries because that can spread the infection to more vulnerable people.

Also, if I'm understanding the news coverage correctly, all the cases of Covid-19 exported to Vietnam from the UK are related. More specifically, they're tied to one traveller who'd recently visited Lombardy in Italy, either by flying on the same plane as her back to Vietnam whilst she had symptoms or in the case of patient 32 by having met up with her in London. Having symptoms and having met someone confirmed to have the virus would definitely qualify for testing here or most places.