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cord-024130-kgzegwon	Ankita	COVID-19: An Ophthalmological Update	2020-04-30		.txt	text/plain	2845	190	51	Conjunctival secretions from patients and asymptomatic contacts of COVID-19 cases may also spread the disease further into the community. In view of the presence of coronavirus in body fluids of patients, and SARS-CoV-2 being similar to SARS-CoV, the risk of transmission through conjunctival secretion and tear cannot be neglected. Patients with conjunctivitis may initially report to an ophthalmologist, possibly making the eye care physician to first suspect a case of COVID-19 (Lu et al. According to a recently published literature on COVID-19 conjunctivitis, tear sample and conjunctival swab are reported to be positive for the novel coronavirus. As per recent AAO guidelines, as a response to the state of national emergency due to COVID-19, eye care practitioners should reduce the number of outpatient The following preventive measures should be taken by the ophthalmologist in the outpatient clinic for general patients (Group 1 and 2) during such outbreaks: Evaluation of coronavirus in tears and conjunctival secretions of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection	./cache/cord-024130-kgzegwon.txt	./txt/cord-024130-kgzegwon.txt