Being caught in the perfect storm of a diabetes epidemic and the COVID‐19 pandemic: What should we do for our patients?

COVID‐19 is spreading rapidly around the world, and the number of related deaths is also increasing. In particular, diabetes patients have shown more severe conditions and a higher mortality rate related to COVID‐19, and as no effective treatment or vaccine has been developed yet, efforts to prevent infection are very important. The most important steps to prevent infection are social distancing, wearing a mask and performing proper hand hygiene, and also telemedicine can be used to resolve the physical and psychological barriers to access to medical institutions for diabetes patients.[Image: see text]