Ophthalmological Manifestations of SARS-COV-2 |Biomedgrid

The World Health Organization declared on March 11, 2020 a pandemic due to COVID-19, a disease caused by SAR-COV-2. As there are no effective drugs available for this viral infection, many have been the efforts of health policies to achieve adequate control of the source of infection, transmission and protection in susceptible populations, through timely prevention measures. Until now, the presence of viral conjunctivitis and the risk of contagion through the eye are data mentioned in the international literature in the course of various investigations. It was concluded that it can be transmitted through eye secretions. A search of various published articles was carried out, with the aim of knowing the main ocular manifestations of COVID-19 described in the literature by various authors in the main databases.