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

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Govender, Indiran

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Medpharm Publications, NISC (Pty) Ltd and Cogent, Taylor and Francis Group

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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.

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Travel policies, Trade policies, COVID-19 pandemic, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Healthcare practices, Supply chains

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Govender I. COVID-19 with social distancing, isolation, quarantine and cooperation, collaboration, coordination of care but with disproportionate impacts. South African Family Practice 2020;62(1), a5204. https://DOI.org/10.4102/safp.v62i1.5204.