COVID-19: Impact of pandemic on Switzerland's ophthalmic space

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Roberto Pinelli, MD, CEO and founder of the Switzerland Eye Research Institute, shares how operations at the facility have adapted to the growing coronavirus pandemic spreading across the globe.

 

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