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. 2020 Nov 24:37:262.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2020.37.262.26574. eCollection 2020.

Becoming virtual: a preliminary experience of outpatient primary care during COVID-19 pandemic

Syed Irfan Karim  1   2 , Farhana Irfan  1   2 , Mohammed Ali Batais  2
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Becoming virtual: a preliminary experience of outpatient primary care during COVID-19 pandemic

Syed Irfan Karim et al. Pan Afr Med J. .

Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. This pandemic is transforming the world and has posed exceptional challenges to health care delivery. Saudi Arabia has exerted unprecedented efforts and measures to fight the pandemic. Appreciating the value of primary health care during this crisis the family and community medicine department reorganized the services. We discuss the problems faced, solutions and lessons learned in the hope others may find it helpful.

Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; pandemic; primary health care.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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institution workflow for patients with respiratory tract symptoms
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