COVID-19: Impacts on Health and Health Systems

COVID-19 devastated countries in both developed and developing countries. Huge levels of mortality occurred in developed countries like USA, UK, France as well as in many developing countries like Brazil, India, South Africa. Until April 13 2024, the world suffered with 704,753,890 infections and close to 7,010,681 deaths. In the US alone 1,219,487 deaths were reported until April 13,2024. Prevalence of COVID-19 had caused a significant decline in the number of patients seeking routine health se