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The unpleasant truth is ‘no’. A team of researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine say that the coronavirus can enter the human body through the eyes. They report that the eyes contain a type of protein. Angiotensin-2 converting enzyme or ACE-2.
According to the Johns Hopkins researchers, this enzyme works in favor of the coronavirus. Then it enters through the eyes, spreads to the lungs and trachea. This is because this protein is also found in the airways and lungs.
The study was recently published in the journal Biorexive. Lingley Chow, head of the study at Hopkins University, said cells above the eyepiece, including the conjunctiva, are susceptible to corona infection. These can be a way to enter the human body.
The study looked at 10 people who did not die of coronary heart disease. In the eyes of all of them, the ACE-2 protein has been found. This protein is present in the white part of the eye.
According to the study, if the water particles from a crown-infected sneeze or cough reach the eye tissue, then the virus can also spread through the eyes.
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