Clinical Pharmacist Beneficiation in Countries with Highest Covid-19 Cases – A Short Communication

Authors

  • Bhumi Chaturvedi Department of Pharmacy Practice, Institute of Pharmacy, NIMS University Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5323-8782
  • Pratima Singh Department of Pharmacy Practice, Institute of Pharmacy, NIMS University Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
  • Supriya Suman Department of Pharmacy Practice, Institute of Pharmacy, NIMS University Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
  • Preeti Raj Department of Pharmacy Practice, Institute of Pharmacy, NIMS University Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
  • Shambaditya Goswami Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, NIMS University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
  • Deepak Nathiya Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, NIMS University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

Abstract

On 31st December 2019, a new-born highly contagious virus had evolved as a public health crisis from the point of the outbreak. Perceiving risk of acquiring the disease almost all nations were in lockdown to break the chain of SARS-CoV-2 chain first identified in Wuhan, the mainland of China.1, 2 As history was rewritten due to stringent lockdown around
the globe to avoid the spread of COVID-19 infection. Health care workers which include pharmacist had acted as frontline workers who had served as a saviour to fight the battle against COVID-19.

How to cite this article: Chaturvedi B, Singh P, Suman S et al. Clinical Pharmacist Beneficiation in Countries with Highest Covid-19 Cases – A Short Communication.
Rec Trends Pharm Tech Ind 2020; 2(1): 9-11.

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2020-06-29