The footprint of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in the activity of the ophthalmology and optometry clinic SUMPh „Nicolae Testemițanu”

Abstract

The aim of the current study is to establish some particularities in the activity of the ophthalmology clinic caused by the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the activity in the pre-pandemic period. An analysis of the didactic and curative activity of the ophthalmology and optometry clinic was followed up during the years 2019 - 2020, while also elucidating the specific features caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite all the impediments caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the activity of the ophthalmology clinic has not undergone substantial changes, except for the transfer of the teaching process in the online space, paying maximum attention to anti-epidemiological security and increasing the intensity of curative activity.