Oral and maxillofacial surgical services amid COVID-19 pandemic: perspective from Tanzania

Tropical Medicine and Health - 2020
Karpal Singh Sohal1, Elison N. M. Simon1, Boniphace M Kalyanyama1, Jeremiah Robert Moshy2
1Department of oral and maxillofacial surgery, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, P.O. Box 65001, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
2Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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AbstractThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is a global pandemic that affects individuals from all walks of life. Considering that the virus can be passed on directly from person to person through respiratory droplets, contact, fomites, and saliva, the oral and maxillofacial surgeons are exposed to COVID-19 in their daily clinical duties. This is because of the nature of their work, which entails working within a short distance from patients’ oral cavity and upper airway. As such, there is a need for having locally tailored standard guidelines for managing patients with oral and maxillofacial conditions during the COVID 19 pandemic in Tanzania.

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