The conclusions from this review are clinically relevant both in terms of their implications for clinical practice, and in the wider education of patients. The nature of ocular examination demands that the eye‐care practitioner and patient are in close proximity to one another. Given the main mode of transmission of the virus is thought to be via person‐to‐person contact through respiratory droplets transmission (airborne or through direct contact), 80  it is unsurprising that ophthalmic practice has been significantly affected by the COVID‐19 pandemic.