COVID-19 with social distancing, isolation, quarantine and cooperation, collaboration, coordination of care but with disproportionate impacts

Abstract

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has influenced us in several ways, firstly the way we interact with one another, secondly our support for one another, thirdly how healthcare is delivered; cooperation, coordination and collaboration have become essential in making interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and multiprofessional teamwork and collaboration between public and private healthcare obvious. Given the potential for the spread of COVID-19, we saw worldwide changes in travel policies, trade policies, supply chains and healthcare practices.