The healthcare sector as a whole, but also individuals are currently facing an emerging situation due to a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The latter is a condition caused by the virus known as SARS-CoV-2 that changed our life in a way that we refer to as the "new normal". Such ‘normality’ includes social distancing, recommendations of staying at home, wearing protective masks, as well as increased disinfection and hygiene at a level we could not have imagined a few years ago. Transmission of the virus from person to person occurs through respiratory secretions such as the droplets that form and travel from the human body when sneezing, coughing or having a runny nose; given the ease of transmission, the danger of infection has to be emphasized. Like any medical professional, every physiotherapist must adjust their skills and improve their knowledge as much as possible when working with the potentially infected patient, while recommendations have been issued to help them do the job as safely as possible. Also recommendations are issued for the purpose of treating hospitalized patients in which COVID-19 has been confirmed, or there is a suspicion the infection might be under way. In short, this is a disease that affects the respiratory system so that the intervention of physiotherapists in treatment is pivotal for the functional recovery and rehabilitation of each individual. For this reason, physical therapy professionals must understand the importance of adherence to the given guidelines.