Table 1.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the authors’ routine neurology practice

Physicians/healthcare system	Patients
Routine consultations postponed or cancelled	Patients often fear attendance at the hospital in person
Major switch from face-to-face consultations to telephone or video consultations	Attendance at hospital is reduced (especially for patients without disabling MS symptoms or highly active MS)
Telephone hotlines have been set up to meet this demand	Patients are more frequently using WhatsApp to contact their physician remotely
Medications frequently sent to patients’ homes rather than collection from the medical centre pharmacy (infusion centres still operated normally providing day care services)

Based on the personal experience of the authors of this article