Introduction:
The outbreak of Novel corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the recent worldwide disaster which is considered by the WHO as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) (1). The first case was discovered in Wuhan City, China (2, 3)and then after few weeks spread as a global pandemic(4, 5).
In Sudan the first reported COVID-19 positive case was in 11 of March 2020, at the time of writing this article (6 March 2020) there were 9081 reported cases.
The novel corona virus can live on hands, surfaces, objects, mucus membranes, body fluids, respiratory secretions, and spread from person to person through the direct contact(6, 7), which makes the most effective preventive measures are avoiding close contact with people, hand hygiene, clean and disinfect surfaces (8), as there is no specific efficacious treatment or vaccine available for this virus until writing of this paper (9, 10).
Pharmacist’s knowledge about different aspects of this pandemic is crucial because it influence their role and contribution as a frontline health care provider, as pharmacies and most of the pharmacy practice sectors are kept open even during lockdowns providing counseling, patient care (11, 12, 13).
To strengthen pharmacists knowledge about COVID-19, there are many training programs held worldwide, for example the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), and American Pharmacist Association (APhA) have issued guidance, and resource documents(14,15)
Although the role of pharmacist especially in the community is ranging between essential and expanded role according to the policies in different countries (16-18), but still pharmacist can provide valuable services during COVID-19 pandemic, these services may include: provide reliable information on the disease, participate in public education on preventive measures, referring of suspected cases, insuring continuous supply of medicine (19, 20).