The role of pharmacy services and pharmacist comeback during COIVD-19. A narrative review

Résumé

SARSCoV-2, a recently discovered coronavirus, causes COVID-19, which is a respiratory infection. The disease rapidly spread across the world, prompting a pandemic declaration.

During natural calamities and outbreaks, pharmacists have long been involved in public well-being management such as precautionary safeguards, immunizations, screening, authentication of medicines safety and efficacy and also involved in emergency alertness and response. Pharmacy professionals are considered an integral part in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Pharmacists and pharmacy services are at the combat zone for patients care and safety to enhance public health. The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic had a significant impact on healthcare services around the world. New policies and procedures will be implemented to fill the void. Pharmacists expect to adopt a variety of strategies to providing pharmacy services during and after the current pandemic. Pharmacists are playing an important role in the current epidemic. It's been over a year since the Covid-19 epidemic first eventuated, and it's still unclear how long the pandemic will endure. Hence, pharmacists and pharmacy professionals are playing crucial character in the prevention, treatment and mitigation of adverse outcomes due to the covid-19 pandemic. The current publication emphasizes the potential responsibilities and actions that pharmacists might undertake in a variety of healthcare settings to assist relieve strain on an overburdened healthcare system.