For us oncology professionals working in low-resource settings, we are faced with the dilemma of striking a balance between protecting ourselves and giving our patients a good chance to fight their cancers during the COVID-19 outbreak. We must tread with caution, as we are a critical workforce, highly trained and skilled in treating cancer, as well as being an endangered specialty with a limited human resource pool in the country. This is not the time to be careless in the frontline as we are all at risk and we must do all that is required to reduce our chances of getting infected. The World Health Organization’s recommendation for health care providers in this COVID-19 era is well articulated in an online resource [8].