Risks to the community pharmacists and pharmacy personnel during COVID-19 pandemic: perspectives from a low-income country

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease that has become a global pandemic COVID-19 is spreading in Africa, and Zimbabwe has not been spared The cases in Zimbabwe are mainly from imported cases due�to high volume of travellers from the COVID-19 hotspots In Zimbabwe, local transmission is also anticipated due to inter- and intracity travelling Frontline health workers are at risk of infection due to contact with infected people as they discharge their duties In this setting, the risk to community pharmacists and pharmacy personnel is poorly understood and characterised This paper looked at the risks of infection that are peculiar to community pharmacy personnel and suggested some recommendations to reduce the risk to COVID-19 infection