Ethics-based decision-making in a COVID-19 pandemic crisis

This article provides an overview of ethics based decision-making during a COVID-19 pandemic crisis. COVID-19 pandemic has presented an unprecedented health crisis that has tested our ability to make appropriate choices and health decisions. These decisions are not limited to an individual but have an all-encompassing influence on the broader population. Therefore, these health decisions have to be moral and ethics based. This article provides an overview of ethics based decision-making during a COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Seven ethical principles guide decision-making in a pandemic crisis which includes minimizing harm, proportionality, solidarity, fairness, duty to provide, reciprocity, and privacy.