Our dry eye blog — Coronavirus through eyes

It is thought that Coronavirus infection occurs mainly by inhaling virus-laden droplets through your mouth or nose when someone with the virus coughs or sneezes, and also from touching an infected surface.

Coronavirus can also enter through your eyes

Infected droplets can enter through your eyes and through contact with the mucuous membranes that line your eyelids.

People who have Coronavirus can also spread the illness through their tears. Touching infected tears or a surface where such tears have landed can be another pathway to infection.

You can also become infected by touching something that has the virus on it —...