Conclusion
The response to COVID-19 has required extensive adaptation and flexibility by all healthcare providers. Nevertheless, the focus, particularly at the beginning of the outbreak, was on the impact on and response of secondary and tertiary care. The primary care sector’s duties in the response focused on how it could participate in the response of secondary and tertiary care centers. However, due to effective public health measures, much of the created hospital surge capacity was thankfully not required. There is now time to reflect and learn from this experience in order to best prepare for a subsequent wave. The entire breadth and depth of the role of primary care during outbreaks and pandemics remains to be fully recognized and utilized.