Indian Journal of Ophthalmology 68.10 (2020): 2062

SARS COVID-19 is a potentially lethal viral infection transmitted from the mouth, nose and eyes of infected patients. Ophthalmologists have died of this disease. For eye care specialists, the new normal includes asking our patients to wear a mask, gloves and to stay at least 6 feet away. The latter being impossible during an eye examination. The mask acts as a barrier to respiratory virion touching the patient eyes, eye lid skin and tears.