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Therefore, this study was intended to explore the symptoms of depression and anxiety among healthcare workers (HCWs) of Pakistan during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> A cross-sectional survey was undertaken by administering a web-based questionnaire between May and June 2020. Two tools, including the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), were employed to measure anxiety and depression symptoms among HCWs. The data analyses were carried out using descriptive statistics, Man Whitney, and Kruskal Wallis tests.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> Of 1094 HCWs who participated in this online survey, 742 (67.8%) were physicians, followed by nurses (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 277, 25.3%) and pharmacists (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 75, 6.9%). The survey respondents had a median depression and anxiety score of 5.00 (7.00\u20133.00) and 8.00 (11.00\u20135.00), respectively. 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