Expanding pharmacist's educational role using virtual and social media portals before and during COVID19 outbreak.

Background: There are many ways to raise public health awareness and recently, Social media networks (SMN) have played a big role in it. The study aims to assess SMN use for acquiring health care information and publics' perception of virtual encounters with pharmacists for health- related purposes; particularly in times of a pandemic crisis.

Methods: A bi-phasic cross-sectional survey was distributed on 2017 and again during COVID-19 pandemic.