Facts about COVID -19 for Ophthalmologists

• Conjunctivitis may be the first symptom of COVID 1-9
• Patients with COVID -19 conjunctivitis have the transmissible virus in the tears
• Transconjunctival aerosol infection is a known mode of disease transmission
• Asymptomatic patients with COVID -19 or patients in incubation can transmit the disease. 
• Close contact during ophthalmic procedures has the risk of patient to ophthalmologists disease transmission.