Vieira De Sousa, Elsa CristinaFonseca, João EuricoSantos, Maria2021-03-012021-03-012020Acta Reumatol Port. 2020 Jun 8;45(Jan-Mar (1)):5-60303-464Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/46592© 2001-2021 Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia.We have been facing a tremendous challenge motivated by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. With a few days of warning Rheumatologists had to rethink their established conventional management of patients based on presential appointments, to ensure ongoing adequate care to rheumatic patients. The first operating principles were to maintain rheumatic diseasesstability, treatment access and protection from the potentialrisk of infection by SARS-CoV-2.engjournal article