 Hi, I am Dr Rupa, Interventional Cardiologist at Manipal Hospital, Bangalow. As we all know, this viral infection has become a pandemic in the absence of vaccine or curative medical therapy. So it exerts an unprecedented global impact on public health and health care delivery. The viral infection not only causes viral pneumonia, it has a greater impact on the cardiovascular system. Many people are vulnerable to this viral infection, especially elderly people with diabetic hypertension and obesity, patients with previous coronary artery disease or cerebrovascular disease, patients with heart failure patients and patients who have undergone heart transplant who are on immunosuppressive therapy that are most vulnerable to complications associated with the viral infection. So higher death rates have been reported in this population also. Hence, it is very important that these vulnerable people should be extremely vigilant on the safety measures what they follow. As we all continue to adopt to the life during this pandemic and we get back into some routine, it is very important that we do not let down our guard. It's very important that we follow the safety measures which we know in a day in and out which has been repeated several times and as this is the best measures we know to contain the spread of the infection. See, especially the cardiac patients who are highly vulnerable for these infections, they have to take utmost safety precautions like white people who are sick and continue social distancing, wash hands thoroughly with warm water and soap water, avoid touching nose, eyes and mouth and self-isolate yourself, you have mild symptoms like fever and cough and we all need to be extra vigilant when we leave home and be aware that every surface is a source, a potential source of infection. And everything whatever you bring in home could have been contaminated with the virus. So please kindly wipe all these packages and wrappers which you bring in home. So maintain a healthy lifestyle, eat healthy regularly and salt restriction and fluid balance should be maintained in most of the heart failure patients, quit smoking, restrict alcohol intake, get adequate sleep, keep physically active, walk around your garden, try to keep busy in a course like gardening, do some breathing exercises and avoid these negative messages, be positive. And as a medical advice, all our cardiac patients should continue the prescribed medications. Do not stop the medications until unless told by your cardiologist. So diabetic and hypertension has to be controlled, make use of your home BP monitoring, see that your BP is under control, there is a lot of fluctuation in the build, please do freely contact your doctor and if necessary arise visit them, we at Manipal Hospital have taken all necessary precautions, safety measures for these patients as well as all our healthcare staffs. Do not hesitate to contact the doctors when you have worsening of symptoms like chest pain or breathing difficulty, do not interrupt your follow-up. Ambulatory heart failure patients, they can contact the doctors through telemedicine and you can take their advice on follow-up and you have to seek medical help immediately if you experience a chest pain or worsening of the breathing difficulty. Stay safe and healthy and do contact us either in person or through online consultation.