Prioritizing otological surgery during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The initial cases of pulmonary infection with the novel corona virus SARS-CoV-2, causing COVID-19, occurred in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China in December 2019 and January 2020 (1). The spread through human-to-human transmission has led to a pandemic with disastrous consequences all over the world. The exponential rate of transmission and no existing vaccine has been a great challenge for all health care systems. A strategy to flatten the curve of transmission was put forward to adjust to the capacities of hospitals and particularly the intensive care units. Governments implemented isolation and social distancing upon societies either with laws or with strong recommendations.