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1Medical-Biological University of Innovation and Continuing Education of the A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical and Biophysical Center, Moscow, Russia.
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The review presents the data on characteristic features of the new coronavirus infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 and the possibility of its transmission through the eye surface and lacrimal fluid, analyzes the information on eye damage caused by COVID-19, and provides the results of a systematic meta-analysis on the subject. The author describes the system for organizing ophthalmological care in the settings of unfavorable epidemiological situation associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, and considers the preventive measures of infection transmission between patients and medical personnel. The article also gives recommendations for sterilizing medical equipment.
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