Virtual post-COVID-19 clinics in Saudi Arabia: navigating the effect of the pandemic with a national project

Faisal AlenezI¹Aeshah Alsagheir¹Samar Ahmed Amer^2*Lamyia Alzubaidi¹ABDULAZIZ S ALHOMOD¹Tareef Alamaa¹

• ¹Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• ²Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

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