Covid-19:Thinking Outside the Box to Be Prepared for the Next Pandemic

摘要

The novel corona virus pandemic is responsible for millions of confirmed cases until now.This pandemic highlighted some weaknesses regarding proper control of pandemics such as the lack of medical supplies,diagnostic tests,medical protective equipment,and high rate of healthcare workers infection.Thinking outside the box should be our way to be prepared for any upcoming pandemic.New medical specialties,developing international research standards,developing new virus eradication and purification methods,inventing new medical protective equipment,supporting integrative methods of management,increasing public awareness and upgrading medical education and practice were suggested.