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RCOphth statement: NICE rapid guideline on Covid-19 testing and the potential adverse effect on the return to routine cataract surgery

The Royal College of Ophthalmologists is responding to the NICE rapid guideline on Covid-19 testing and the potential adverse effect on the return to routine cataract surgery. Guidance regarding, the need for and timing of testing for COVID-19 for patients undergoing elective surgery patients, has been evolving as cataract surgery resumes in the UK. Infection