• Mark Thomaz Ugliara Barone, Belinda Ngongo, Simone Bega Harnik, Lucas Xavier de Oliveira, Dániel Végh, Patrícia Vieira de Luca, Hermelinda Cordeiro Pedrosa, Franco Giraudo, Roque Cardona-Hernandez, Nayanjeet Chaudhury, and Luiz Menna-Barreto.
• International Diabetes Federation (IDF), 166 Chaussee de La Hulpe B-1170 Brussels, Belgium; ADJ Diabetes Brasil (ADJ), Rua Padre Antônio Tomás, 213, Zip Code 05003-010, Água Branca, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Fórum Intersetorial para Combate às DCNTs no Brasil (ForumDCNTs), Rua Padre Antônio Tomás, 213, Zip Code 05003-010, Água Branca, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Sociedade Brasileira de Diabetes (SBD), Rua Afonso Braz 579, Salas 72/74, Vila Nova Conceição, Zip Code 04511-011, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: mark.barone@alumni.usp.br.
• Diabetes Res. Clin. Pract. 2021 Jan 1; 171: 108587.

AbstractCOVID-19 has gravely threatened high-risk populations, such as people with diabetes and other noncommunicable diseases, leading to disproportionate hospitalizations and deaths worldwide. It is well documented from previous outbreaks that diabetes increases the risk for poor outcomes due to SARS infection. In the present review, we bring evidence that the country and global level health crisis caused by COVID-19 could have been avoided or extremely minimized if measures to protect high-risk populations were implemented timely. In addition to general lockdowns, testing, tracing, isolation and hygiene measures, other specific interventions for diabetes and comorbidities management were shown crucial to allow the continuation of care services during the pandemic. These interventions included: teleconsultation, digital remote education andmonitoring, e-prescriptions, medicine delivery options, mobile clinics, and home point-of-care tests. In conclusion, we recommend prompt actions to protect the most vulnerable groups, valuing knowledge and experiences from previous outbreaks and lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to shield communities, health systems and the global economy.Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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