Role of Oral Health Directorate-Ministry of Health-Khartoum State-Sudan during COVID-19 Pandemic-May-2020

The outbreak of COVID19 started from Wuhan, China, last December 2019 and have become a major challenging public health problem not only China but also all the countries around the world. On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization announced that this outbreak had constituted a public health emergency of international concern. Our traditions in Sudan have contributed a lot to the spread of the virus. The social life of our people is so much connected and there are some practices that they need to drop. The health system in Sudan is suffering a lot of problems makes it difficult to contain the situation easily. The Oral Health Directorate plays a major and leading role in reducing the pain and suffering of the patients complaining from oral and dental problems in respect to the current situation of the pandemic.