Open AccessImpact of COVID-19-related lockdown-I on a network of rural eye centres in Southern India
Author(s) -
Varsha M Rathi,
Anthony Vipin Das,
Rohit C Khanna
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_2303_20
Subject(s) - medicine , specialty , subspecialty , covid-19 , referral , pediatrics , keratitis , retrospective cohort study , medical record , outbreak , family medicine , ophthalmology , disease , surgery , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virology
With the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), India went for lockdown-I on March 23, 2020. In this article, we report on the demographic profile and ocular disorders from our 20 rural eye centres during lockdown-I and its comparison with the pre-lockdown period.