Corona Days: Quite Challenging in Many Ways
Journal Title: Journal of Ophthalmology and Advance Research - Year 2020, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a pandemic that requires a combined effort worldwide, at least until a vaccine is found [1]. In December 2019, an unknown virus named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or (2019-nCoV) spread in the Hubei province of China. The symptoms of the infection are like those of seasonal flu: fever, headache, shortness of breath, cough, muscle pain, tiredness and a sudden loss of taste or smell. These symptoms may appear 12-14 days after exposure to the virus [2]. It has been shown that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is found in tears and conjunctival secretions [3]. Therefore, as eye care professionals, we must be extremely careful. According to the WHO, as of the 9th of October 2020, there were 36,361,054 confirmed cases of COVID-19 including 1,056,186 deaths. I do not think that, early in 2020, when the outbreak of the virus was confirmed, that people would have imagined the current situation and would have believed that some countries would be in their second lockdown or quickly heading there.
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David Berkow
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- DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.46889/JOAR.2020.1102
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