Given the need for contact lens wearers to touch their face and eyes on application and removal of their contact lenses, it is understandable that questions have been raised about the safety of continuing with contact lens use during the pandemic, as discussed in a recent paper by the present authors. 8  Despite the current review indicating that the eye is an unlikely site for SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, scrupulous contact lens hygiene practices should continue to be advocated, along with use of correct wear, care, cleaning and replacement of lenses and lens cases. This advice is true for all contact lens wearers in normal times, but especially relevant during the current pandemic, where access to routine eye care may be limited. Further, and in accordance with WHO and Centers for Disease Control recommendations,86, 87 it is important to remind all patients, regardless of their use of vision correction, to avoid touching their nose, mouth or eyes with unwashed hands.