The 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and the disease it causes – coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have rapidly swept across the world since the first known human manifestation on December 8, 2019 in Wuhan (Hubei Province, China)1,2. The epidemic of the COVID-19 has presented as a grim and complex situation, causing great impact on economy and society, and seriously interfering with ordinary medical practice, threatening to exceed healthcare capacity in many countries over the globe. With no doubt, dealing with the COVID-19 has caused great social and medical crisis that presented great challenges to the medical and healthcare society, forcing it to face unprecedented times, and to reconceptualize how to provide quality health care while enforcing public health measures necessary for pandemic containment and optimal allocation of healthcare resources. However, along with this unparalleled time challenges, came great opportunities for changes and improvements, for innovations and creative solutions, some of which should be adopted and incorporated to the daily medical practices and social routine, even in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era. Highlights • The 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has rapidly swept across the world. • The epidemic of the COVID-19 has presented as a grim and complex situation, causing great impact on economy and society, and seriously interfering with ordinary medical practice. • COVID-19 pandemic has created many challenges, but also forced us to re-examine how to provide more patient-centered high-quality care. • The pandemic has changed how we deliver care, which also allows for re-evaluation and improvment of common practices. • We should adopt some of the crisis’ guidelines and habits to our new routine.
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