Family physicians, general practitioners and primary care providers are essential to the fight against COVID-19. We need to:

• Assist with screening and testing in communities
• Opportunistically screen and test in facilities
• Case find in patients that attend with acute respiratory infections
• Manage mild and moderate cases of COVID-19
• Refer more severe cases appropriately
• Offer palliative care where appropriate to critical cases
• Maintain appropriate infection prevention and control measures in our practices

The South African Academy of Family Physicians connects you to a range of resources that can help you provide these essential services.

Click here to watch the video from the SAAFP President, Prof Bob Mash on COVID-19 vaccines