Coronavirus able to replicate efficiently in eyes and could be 100 times more infectious than Sars

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The eyes are an “important route” for transmission of the coronavirus since eye tissues allow the infection to more efficiently replicate, according to Hong Kong researchers quoted in study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal. TheSouth China Morning Post’s Elaine Ly spoke with Dr Michael Chan Chi-wai, associate professor at the Department of Public Health Laboratory Sciences at the Hong Kong University. Dr Chan lead the team researching how the virus that causes Covid-19 affects human eyes to find answers about how the world can fight the pandemic.

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