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Coronavirus infected individuals do not shed live virus in their tears.  Researchers at Singapore’s National University Hospital studied 17 patients with the virus.

 

Their tears were disease free by both viral cultures and RP-PCR genetic tests.  At the same time, their noses and throats were swarming with infectious CoVid19.

 

While you can’t spread virus via your eyes, you can contract disease via this route.   If viral-laden droplets from an infected person’s nose or throat get into your eyes, your tears will transport live virus into your nose, throat, and respiratory tract.  Then the game is lost.

 

Keep your hands spotless and away from your nose, mouth, and eyes. 

 

Ivan Seah Yu Jun, Danielle E. Anderson, Adrian Eng Zheng Kang, Lin-Fa Wang, Pooja Rao, Barnaby Edward Young, David Chien Lye, Rupesh Agrawal. Assessing Viral Shedding and Infectivity of Tears in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Patients. Ophthalmology, 2020; DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.03.026

 

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