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Lip prints are wrinkles and grooves present in the transition zone of human lip. The study of lip print is referred to as cheiloscopy and it is unique to every individual. They do not change during their entire life. The purpose of this study is to find out most common lip print pattern and to assess their efficacy in sex determination. In this study, each individual had unique lip print pattern. Type I (vertical) was the predominant pattern in both males and females. There is statistically significant difference between gender and type of upper lip print pattern, but there is no correlation regarding lower lip pattern contradictory to many earlier studies. Hence, lip prints can be used as tool for identification of an individual and gender identification.

COVID 19 pandemic has affected the entire human community. An unprepared public health emergency with no definitive treatment in the initial days, high morbidity and mortality, and negative communication regarding effective vaccination has led to a range of emotional reactions. 1 In addition to these, economic impact, loneliness due to quarantine, stigma regarding illness, uncertainty of day-today life has added further issues.

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medicine guidelines -the need of hour in times of a global pandemic.