Is pharmacy prepared for a resurgence of COVID-19?

摘要

The number of daily new COVID-19 cases in the UK hit a low of 352 on 5 July 2020 - the lowest since new cases peaked at 6,201 on 1 May 2020 - and responsibilities began to lift, with pharmacies no longer required to ensure medicines were delivered to shielding patients and operations at the Nightingale hospitals around England winding down. Pharmacy staff who had been redeployed to critical and intensive care began to return to their usual roles. They started recharging their batteries, talcing much needed annual leave after months of record demand, long hours and -in some cases - incidents of abuse from patients. However, completely relaxing is not an option. As cases of COVID-19 start to rise again in the UK, community pharmacy is attempting the "biggest flu vaccination programme in history".