For most of us, the Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the first and worst pandemic we have ever faced. From its beginnings in Wuhan, China in December 2019; it has exploded; now affecting 213 countries and 10.27 million people worldwide. Claiming 505,071 lives so far; this deadly virus is raging still [1]. A large number of health workers have fallen prey to this virus, which plummeted most of the world into lockdown. As we ophthalmologists were forced to limit our practices to urgent cases only; questions now arise on how to keep ourselves’ and our patients’ safe; as the lockdown eases.

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Citation

Citation: Sana Nadeem. “Reopening Our Practice and the Woes of the Pandemic”.Acta Scientific Ophthalmology 3.8 (2020): 01-02.

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