{"title":"Controversial Roles of Eyes in Covid-19","authors":"P. Gupta","doi":"10.19080/jojo.2021.08.555744","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"According to CDC guidelines to prevent spreading of SARS-CoV2 virus one should take extra precaution to protect first line of defense mucus secreting organs, such as, nose, mouth, and eyes. Once a person gets infection eyes become a source of infection. The eye and its tear drainage apparatus can track the SARS-CoV-2 from the eye into the respiratory tract of the patient.","PeriodicalId":91023,"journal":{"name":"JOJ ophthalmology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"JOJ ophthalmology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.19080/jojo.2021.08.555744","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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According to CDC guidelines to prevent spreading of SARS-CoV2 virus one should take extra precaution to protect first line of defense mucus secreting organs, such as, nose, mouth, and eyes. Once a person gets infection eyes become a source of infection. The eye and its tear drainage apparatus can track the SARS-CoV-2 from the eye into the respiratory tract of the patient.