The Pandemic of COVID-19 and the Use of Contact Lenses
Aristeidis Chandrinos
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Division of Optics and Optometry, School of Health and Welfare, University of West Attica, Campus One, Athens, Greece.
Dorotheos-Dimitrios Tzamouranis
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Division of Optics and Optometry, School of Health and Welfare, University of West Attica, Campus One, Athens, Greece.
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Abstract
This review aims to make clear that applying contact lenses is not a risk factor for infection by coronavirus when the users follow the rules of personal hygiene. In December 2019, a coronavirus (CoV) epidemic broke out in China, causing severe acute respiratory syndrome. Today it has become a pandemic of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). In today's patient care environment, physicians and their primary care staff are responsible for ensuring that all guidelines and requirements for the care of all patients are strictly adhered to.
Keywords: Coronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV, contact lenses, pandemic, infection, safety.