COVID-19: The significance to recognize initial ocular evidence and protective eyewear

Abstract

Emergence of novel corona virus (2019-nCOV) and evolving into a pandemic in a short span of time has caught the entire humanity unwarranted Most of the population effected had predominant respiratory presentation which in many cases worsened very soon leading to deaths The whole healthcare community was focused on the respiratory system and little did they know about non-respiratory symptoms until mild to moderate cases of COVID started to rise manifesting in various forms though predominantly most patients had lung involvement Important to mention are gastrointestinal symptoms without overt respiratory symptoms Isolated case reports mentioned diverse presentations including eye involvement We here give a brief account of eye involvement in COVID and precautionary measures for eye protection especially for eye care professionals