Bariatric Surgery in the Times of Corona

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These are unprecedented times. However, these are also times where the entire world has tried to stand together as one, and we are witnessing examples of extraordinary human achievements. On 23 March, it was reported that it took a mere 67 days from the first reported case to reach the first 100,000 cases, 11 days for the second and just four days for the third 100,000 cases. To cope with this dramatic surge in the number of patients, one of the strategies has been to cancel all non-urgent operations. This idea has been endorsed by most surgical societies and largely been implemented across the globe. Unfortunately, bariatric surgery has been one of the first disciplines to have been affected by this move. …